"I was a failure for 11 years on TV,” Rock said. That was his schtick.

He couldn’t sing, dance or tell funny stories. But Johnny Carson loved him and his persona: a D-list star clinging to celebrity.

Monti Rock III, the flamboyant disco-era personality, actor, and longtime Las Vegas icon, has died at 86. A longtime friend of the Vegas vivant, Lucille Thaler, confirmed his passing to Neon. Rock ...