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| name        = [[Person_First_Name::Les]] [[Person_Last_Name::Golden]]
| other_names = <small>AKA "Cut the Taxes" (political candidate)</br>Leonard Running Bear (political candidate spoof)</br>Scooter (boyhood athlete)</br>Clete (college baseball player)</br>Moe Silver (character in cartoon strip and stage play "Shrubtown")</br>Les Morris (bandleader)</br>Subrahmanyan Berkowitz (stand-up comic)</br>Jeffrey Clayton Maxwell (stand-up comic)</br>Flash Golden (play-by-play announcer and jazz radio disc jockey)</small>
| residence   = Oak Park, [[State_Name::Illinois]], and [[City::Reno]], [[State_Name::Nevada]]
| image       = Gamblejpg.jpg
| imagesize   = 190px
| caption     = <small><b>Les Golden</b> counting cards at the Kellogg Graduate School of Business (Northwestern University) Casino Night</small>
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| birth_place = Yes
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| occupation  = Writer, astronomer, professor, musician, stand-up comedian
| known       = Developer of Golden diagram for blackjack and the Magic Circle Strategy for roulette
| contact     = [[lesgoldencardcounting@yahoo.com]]
| reference   = http://www.geocities.ws/les_golden
}}
'''Les Golden''' is an American gambling writer, actor, musician, and political activist who writes extensively on various casino games.  
This is an interview with him from 2011 with Associated Press writer/editor Deborah Elwood.  

DE:  [[Les Golden]] is a true Renaissance Man, a polymath.  The interview with this astronomer, professor, actor, comedian, gambling writer, trumpet player, bandleader, cartoonist, environmentalist, political activist, and playwright began about his days at [[Second City]], his mentoring by [[Del Close]], and his revealing to the [[Chicago Tribune]] the details of the hoax involving the skull of Del Close.  It became an interview about many of his endeavors, about Leonard Running Bear, pee gee ball, how to get revenge on telemarketers, encountering extraterrestrials, the Foul Balls, and other topics.