Sheldon Adelson, a major funder of the US Republican Party and supporter of both Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died in Malibu, California, aged 87. The cause of death.
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FILE - This Feb. 10, 2017 file photo, Chief Executive of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Sheldon Adelson shows at a business roundtable with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness, his wife said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) January 12, 2021 - 3:42 PM
LAS VEGAS - Sheldon Adelson, who rose from a modest start as the son of an immigrant taxi driver to become a billionaire Republican powerbroker with a casino empire and influence on international politics, has died. He was 87.
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FILE - In this May 14, 2018 file photo, Sheldon Adelson attends the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2020, that U.S. casino magnate Sheldon Adelson âwill forever be rememberedâ for his work strengthening ties between the U.S. and Israel. Adelson s death at 87 was announced earlier Tuesday. With Adelson s death, Netanyahu loses a staunch supporter who for the last four years had the ear of the American president and helped drive U.S. policy toward Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File) January 12, 2021 - 10:47 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday mourned the passing of U.S. casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, one of Netanyahuâs staunchest American supporters, lauding his efforts to bolster ties between the U.S. and Israel that helped drive pro-Israel policy under the Trump administration.