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In 1930, at the age of seventy-nine, Alice died in Rapid City of complications from gall bladder surgery. She is interred at St. Aloysius Cemetery in Sturgis. Her long-vacant house was scheduled to be demolished, but a businessman purchased it and relocated the structure to Junction Avenue in Sturgis, where it is a bed and breakfast inn.

In 1930, at the age of seventy-nine, Alice died in Rapid City of complications from gall bladder surgery. She is interred at St. Aloysius Cemetery in Sturgis. Her long-vacant house was scheduled to be demolished, but a businessman purchased it and relocated the structure to Junction Avenue in Sturgis, where it is a bed and breakfast inn.

   

   

The character Poker Alice has been romanticized in film and television by such actresses as Susan Sullivan, [[Elizabeth Taylor]], and Barbara Stuart. Sullivan appeared as Poker Alice in the 1978 western film, ''The New Maverick'', with James Garner, Charles Frank, and Jack Kelly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077985/|title=''The New Maverick'' (1978)|publisher=[[Internet Movie Data Base]]|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Taylor played "Alice Moffit" in a later television film, ''Poker Alice,'' which aired in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/|title=Elizabeth Taylor|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Stuart played the part in three 1960 episodes episodes of the [[CBS]] [[television]] series, ''The Texan'', starring Rory Calhoun as the fictitious wanderer Bill Longley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835651/|title=Barbara Stuart|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

The character Poker Alice has been romanticized in film and television by such actresses as Susan Sullivan, [[Elizabeth Taylor]], and Barbara Stuart. Sullivan appeared as Poker Alice in the 1978 western film, ''The New Maverick'', with James Garner, Charles Frank, and Jack Kelly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077985/|title=''The New Maverick'' (1978)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Taylor played "Alice Moffit" in a later television film, ''Poker Alice,'' which aired in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/|title=Elizabeth Taylor|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Stuart played the part in three 1960 episodes episodes of the [[CBS]] [[television]] series, ''The Texan'', starring Rory Calhoun as the fictitious wanderer Bill Longley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835651/|title=Barbara Stuart|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

Poker Alice claimed to have won honestly more than $250,000 at the gaming tables: "Praise the Lord and place your bets. I'll take your money with no regrets."

Poker Alice claimed to have won honestly more than $250,000 at the gaming tables: "Praise the Lord and place your bets. I'll take your money with no regrets."

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