Sheldon Adelson, billionaire patron of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, has died aged 87.
Adelson s company, Las Vegas Sands, on Tuesday announced the death of the casino magnate, saying that he had died from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma on Monday evening.
In the statement, his company said Adelson had a gone from being a teenager selling newspapers on a street corner to becoming one of the world s most successful entrepreneurs and said that his impact on the integrated resort and hospitality industry would be everlasting .
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Estimated by Forbes to have a net worth of $35bn, Adelson poured his money into right-wing political causes in Israel and the United States.