Texas Stripper Candy Barr Dies; Had Dalliance With Vegas Mobster

Candy Barr, 70, whose inspired stage name and beguiling striptease wiles ignited naughty male fantasies among '50s-era Texans, died Dec. 30 at a hospital in Victoria, Tex. She had pneumonia.

Abe Weinstein's Colony Club in downtown Dallas, a few blocks from City Hall, was the scene of Miss Barr's nightly triumphs. Big-spending businessmen, conventioneers out on the town, local politicos, cops and hustlers, not to mention wide-eyed country boys from Canton or Waxahachie all crowded into the club to ogle the blond beauty

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