According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, Maloof’s nephew, George Maloof, confirmed his uncle’s passing Saturday in Las Vegas at age 93, with coronavirus the cause.
“He was a great man who loved his dogs and his collection of classic cars, art, and theater pipe organs,” George Maloof said in a text message. “He was a bachelor, he never married. He had been stricken with coronavirus and was diabetic and had been ill of late.”
Maloof recalled his uncle’s love of antique vehicles and Southwestern-themed art.
“He owned over 200 classic cars, and thousands of paintings,” Maloof said. “He also owned the original Roxy Theater pipe organ from New York, which was featured at the Fiesta in North Las Vegas.”
Phil Maloof’s official bio notes he is a man whose “eccentric life enlivens the ordinary and brings forth collections of treasures from the past to now become keepsakes for future generations to come. In his personal life he is a man of sentiment and of simple pleasures.”
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