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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2005 file photo, patrons wait for the doors to open at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, Calif., to see the season's first performance of Marta Becket's show "Masquerade." Becket, a performance artist who spent decades presenting on one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert community hall that she transformed with paint brush and passion and made famous as the Amargosa Opera House, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at her home in Death Valley Junction. She was 92. (AP Photo/The Las Vegas Sun, Sam Morris,File) LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2005 file photo, surrounded by a mural depicting 16th century Spain, audience members wait in the Amargosa Opera House to see the season's first performance of Marta Becket's show "Masquerade", in Death Valley Junction, Calif. Becket, a performance artist who spent decades presenting on one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert community hall that she transformed with paint brush and passion and made famous as the Amargosa Opera House, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at her home in Death Valley Junction. She was 92. (Sam Morris/The Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2005 file photo, Marta Becket acknowledges a standing ovation after the inaugural performance of "Masquerade" at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, Calif. Becket, a performance artist who spent decades presenting on one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert community hall that she transformed with paint brush and passion and made famous as the Amargosa Opera House, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at her home in Death Valley Junction, Calif. She was 92. (Sam Morris/The Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct 1, 2005 file photo, Marta Becket dances "en pointe" during the inaugural performance of "Masquerade" at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, Calif. Becket, a performance artist who spent decades presenting on one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert community hall that she transformed with paint brush and passion and made famous as the Amargosa Opera House, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at her home. She was 92. (Sam Morris/The Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)
