Stephen Leo Bing was an American businessman, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter.
19 Facts About Steve Bing
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Steve Bing was the founder of Shangri-La Entertainment, an organization with interests in property, construction, entertainment and music.
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Steve Bing's parents were Helen, a nurse, and Peter Bing, a doctor in public health.
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Steve Bing reportedly invested $80 million in The Polar Express, an animated film featuring the voice of Tom Hanks, which earned $285 million globally and was one of the year's box-office successes.
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Steve Bing financed and produced the independently released Jerry Lee Lewis album Last Man Standing.
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Steve Bing gave to specific candidates, including Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein.
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Steve Bing was reported to have given at least $49.5 million during the 2006 election cycle in support of Proposition 87, a California initiative which sought to raise $4 billion in oil production taxes to help develop alternative fuels.
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Steve Bing supported several key races in other parts of the country as Democrats fought to win back control of Congress.
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Steve Bing spent $4.25 million in 2005 in a successful effort to defeat Prop.
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In October 2008, Steve Bing pledged to match donations made to the NO on Proposition 8 campaign from October 17 to October 19.
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Steve Bing reportedly covered the whole cost of the flight, estimated to be around $200,000.
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In 2001, Steve Bing sued billionaire Kirk Kerkorian for invasion of privacy.
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Steve Bing alleged that convicted criminal and private investigator Anthony Pellicano took Steve Bing's dental floss out of his trash to collect his DNA.
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At the time, Kerkorian was in a legal fight with his former wife Lisa Bonder, a former professional tennis player, over the amount of child support he would pay, with the billionaire reportedly suspecting Steve Bing to be the biological father of Bonder's daughter Kira.
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Steve Bing had a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley, which resulted in a pregnancy.
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Steve Bing urged Hurley to have an abortion, but Hurley refused.
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Steve Bing denied paternity by alleging that he and Hurley had a brief, non-exclusive relationship in 2001.
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Steve Bing died by suicide on June 22,2020 at the age of 55 by jumping from his condominium on the 27th floor of the Ten Thousand building at 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Steve Bing had been depressed about lack of human contact during the Coronavirus disease quarantine.