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Sunday, December 7, 2008

R.I.P.

Sunset strip icon passed away last week in his sleep. Elmer Valentine opened PJ's on the Strip and then the Whisky A Go-Go. After that he helped open the Rainbow Bar & Grill and the Roxy.

EV was born in 1923 in Chicago and served in the Air Force during World War II. He later became a Chicago Police Detective before moving to Los Angeles