Billionaire Sheldon Adelson at The Palazzo Las Vegas, his newest casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, on January 8, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Sheldon Adelson, the multi-billionaire casino mogul and Republican Party mega-donor, died on Monday at the age of 87.
Adelson died of complications related to the treatment he was receiving for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a press release on Tuesday morning from Las Vegas Sands, the casino and resort company owned by Adelson.
Adelson, whose net worth was estimated by Forbes at around $ 33 billion, was among the most-assisted donors who supported President Donald Trump’s reelection effort in 2020.
Former President George W. Bush, to whom Adelson had previously made a donation, in a statement called the late businessman “an American patriot, a generous benefactor of charitable causes and a strong supporter of Israel”.
“Sheldon was a generous benefactor of charitable causes, especially medical research and education on the Jewish heritage. Many will miss him – none other than his beloved family,” said Bush.
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