Oran K. Gragson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman and politician
Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1911
Place of Birth: Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States
Date of Death: 07-Oct-2002
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Oran K. Gragson
- Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician.
- He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975.
- Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories.
- He is, as of 2018, the last Republican mayor of the city. Gragson was born in 1911 when he became the Las Vegas mayor he also became part of the freeway's construction I-515.
- Gragson was at the Las Vegas church when he collapsed.
- He was diagnosed with heart attack.
- Doctors tried to save him but they were too late Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospital on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91.
- Then I-515 was named after him as a memorial he was buried at the Las Vegas cemetery.
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