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Friends and household of precocious Lee’s Discount Liquors enforcement Kenny Lee are readying a Las Vegas vigil Friday to grant his beingness after Lee was killed successful a Northern Nevada car crash precocious past week.
The vigil volition beryllium astatine Lee’s Discount Liquor, 7291 W. Azure Drive, astatine 9:30 a.m.
“The nationalist is invited to amusement up, archer their favourite Kenny Lee stories and constitute a connection connected 1 of the 500+ reddish balloons that volition beryllium released astatine 10:25 a.m.,” Lee’s Discount Liquor said a connection Monday afternoon.
Investigators inactive don’t cognize what caused Lee’s conveyance to swerve into oncoming postulation and sideswipe a pickup motortruck Friday morning, Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Jeff Howell said. They besides don’t cognize however accelerated helium was going.
And,while authorities don’t cognize for definite wherefore Lee was traveling connected U.S Highway 93 betwixt West Wendover and Ely, Howell said the concern mogul’s travels were presumably business-related.
Lee’s Discount Liquors has a determination successful West Wendover. An worker astatine the store said Lee was astatine the determination past week.
The Nevada Highway Patrol has said Lee, 53, was driving southbound connected the road erstwhile helium veered into oncoming traffic. He was not wearing a seatbelt during the clang and died astatine the scene.
Investigators bash not fishy impairment played a role, the Highway Patrol said.
Lee’s decease came conscionable months aft his father, Hae Un Lee, laminitis of the concatenation of liquor stores, died of cancer.
The Lees were fixtures successful the Las Vegas community, appearing unneurotic connected humorous billboards and successful tv advertisements.
Prominent figures successful Nevada, including Gov. Steve Sisolak and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, shared their thoughts aft quality of Kenny Lee’s decease surfaced.
On Sunday morning, the Vegas Golden Knights posted a tribute to Lee connected Twitter, recognizing him arsenic a protagonist of the team’s philanthropic efforts
“The Vegas Golden Knights mislaid a person and protagonist from our beginnings with the tragic passing of Kenny Lee,” the squad said. “Kenny was not conscionable a squad spouse but besides a generous philanthropic protagonist of the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation.”
Lee and his household were regulars astatine Golden Knights games and different events, including the team’s play tourney and foundation gala, the squad wrote.
Longtime Lee’s Discount Liquor lawsuit Chris Wang of Las Vegas said helium erstwhile saw Kenny’s father, Hae Un Lee, astatine a Vegas Golden Knights crippled astatine T-Mobile and was amazed astatine however everyone gravitated to the household patriarch and well-known businessman.
“He was similar a stone star,” Wang said of the elder Lee.
To larn of Hae Un’s decease from crab little than 3 months ago, past to perceive of Kenny Lee’s decease connected Friday, helium said, “is heartbreaking.” He said Kenny Lee was precise well-known amongst liquor and bourbon enthusiasts arsenic well.
“It’s pugnacious to hear,” Wang said. “He was iconic successful the liquor and bourbon world. Every clip I came present helium was ever helpful. Always enthusiastic. Super energetic erstwhile it came to talking astir bourbon and whiskey. I was a immense fan…I emotion the store and I loved supporting them.”
Lee’s Discount Liquor said successful the connection issued Monday day that successful lieu of flowers, the household is encouraging donations beryllium made successful remembrance of Kenny Lee astatine the New Vista website. New Vista helps radical with intelligence and developmental disabilities. Kenny Lee and his household person been long-time supporters of the organization.
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