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Sep 9, 2015 · Merv Adelson, an industry titan who shepherded some of the most well-known TV properties to the screen, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He was 85. The entertainment executive founded ...
Sep 13, 2015 · Merv Adelson, who has died aged 85, built a fortune through his connections in mob-era Las Vegas and went on to found Lorimar, the company behind such hit television series as The Waltons, Knots ...
Sep 16, 2015 · NEW YORK — Merv Adelson, a real estate and resort developer who pivoted to become one of television’s most successful producers in a roller-coaster life involving the mob, the Teamsters ...
Feb 10, 2013 · Merv Adelson’s $300 million fortune, built on his mob-era Las Vegas connections, is gone. Now 83, he’s living in a one-bedroom, 500-square-foot apartment near the Santa Monica pier.
Sheldon Adelson. Sheldon Gary Adelson (August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an American businessman, [2] investor, political donor, and philanthropist. [3] [4] [5] He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and the parent company of Venetian Macao ...
Jan 4, 2023 · Merv Adelson was Barbara Walters’ third and last husband. Adelson, a television producer and the former CEO of Lorimar Television, met on a blind date and married in 1981. They divorced in 1984.
Sep 12, 2015 · Merv Adelson (shown with then wife Barbara Walters) formed Lorimar Productions, which launched the prime-time soap opera with such long-running hits as Dallas, Falcon Crest and Knots Landing.
