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Our Desert Past: McQueen

Screen icon Steve McQueen was no stranger to the Coachella Valley.

Palm Springs was home to the screen legend and his family from the late 60’s through early 70’s.

His first wife, Niele Adams McQueen remembers those days with NBC Palm Springs Steve Sumrall in this edition of Our Desert Past

By: Ceci Partridge

December 13, 2022

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Our Desert Past: McQueen