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‘Facts over folklore’: Guy Rocha, Nevada’s ‘myth buster’ historian, is dead at 73

During my 25 years in the Reno Gazette-Journal’s newsroom, we all abided by the “Rocha rule” when a story involved Nevada history.  The unwritten commandment: Ask State Archivist Guy Louis Rocha to check any historical references in stories before the presses roll; that will save the ink (and embarrassment) of next-day corrections. His word, we knew, was gospel.  Rocha, 73, died at Renown Medical Center in Reno on Sept. 18. His health had been f…
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Reno News & Review broke the news in on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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