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Melvin Earl Dummar (August 28, 1944 – December 9, 2018) was a Utah man who gained attention when he claimed to have saved reclusive business tycoon Howard Hughes in the Nevada desert in 1967, and to have been awarded part of Hughes' vast estate.
Dec 12, 2018 · Dec. 12, 2018. On a long drive through the Nevada desert one night in 1967, Melvin Dummar spotted a scruffy man lying by the side of the road. He picked him up and drove him to Las Vegas. During...
Dec 15, 2018 · Paul Le Mat played Melvin Dummar as kindly, earnest and clueless, telling his wife, Honey, they didn't burn down Rome in one day. You've just got to keep plugging. And he did.
Dec 11, 2018 · Mr. Dummar, who made international headlines and inspired the film “Melvin and Howard” (1980) with claims that Hughes had bequeathed him more than $150 million for his act of kindness, died ...
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Dec 14, 2018 · Melvin Dummar, the working-class everyman who claimed billionaire Howard Hughes left him millions of dollars in a handwritten will, died last Sunday in Pahrump, Nev. He was 74.
Dec 11, 2018 · LAS VEGAS (AP) — Melvin Dummar died never seeing the $156 million that he argued for decades that eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes unexpectedly bequeathed to him for rescuing him on a desert road and driving him nearly three hours to Las Vegas in 1967.
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Dec 12, 2018 · Dummar, who made international headlines and inspired the 1980 film “Melvin and Howard” with claims that Hughes had bequeathed him more than $150 million for his act of kindness, died Dec. 9...
