The long-time real estate developer – perhaps best known in the Roanoke Valley for his marriage to the late movie star Debbie ...

Hamlett, 89, is believed to be the oldest person charged with a felony in the recent history of Roanoke's federal court.

While Debbie Reynolds was not in the best place financially in 1992, her third husband Richard Hamlett convinced her to purchase and refurbish a defunct Las Vegas-based hotel and casino called the ...

She and her then-husband Richard Hamlett purchased the former Paddlewheel Hotel in 1992 and converted it to the Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino, opening a year later. They later added a Hollywood ...