Actress Elizabeth Hurley's Ex-Flame, Producer Steve Bing Dies By Suicide
According to reports, Steve passed away after falling from the 27th storey of a luxury apartment building in Los Angeles' Century City, at around 1 pm on Monday.
Producer
Steve
Bing
has
passed
away
at
the
age
of
55.
According
to
reports,
Steve
passed
away
after
falling
from
the
27th
storey
of
a
luxury
apartment
building
in
Los
Angeles'
Century
City,
at
around
1
pm
on
Monday.
Reports
suggest
that
he
died
by
suicide
and
was
pronounced
dead
on
the
scene.
The
official
cause
of
it
is
yet
to
be
announced
by
the
authorities.
Steve
was
best
known
for
backing
films
like
The
Polar
Express,
Beowulf,
Sylvester
Stallone's
action
flick
Get
Carter
and
Martin
Scorsese's
music
documentary
Shine
a
Light.
Apart
from
producing,
Steve
Bing
also
co-wrote
the
2003
comedy
Kangaroo
Jack.
He
was
also
a
prominent
real
estate
developer,
philanthropist
and
political
donor.
Steve
has
invested
over
$80
million
in
2004
animated
film,
The
Polar
Express.
The
film
starred
Hanks
as
the
lead
voice
actor
and
went
on
to
gross
more
than
$300
million
worldwide.
Steve
Bing
is
the
grandson
of
property
tycoon
Leo
S
Bing,
after
whom
the
Los
Angeles
County
Museum
of
Art's
Bing
Theatre
is
named.
According
to
reports,
at
the
age
of
18,
he
had
inherited
around
$600
million
from
his
grandfather.
Steve,
who
had
a
brief
relationship
with
Hollywood
actress
Elizabeth
Hurley,
has
two
kids-
Damian
with
Elizabeth
in
2002
and
Kira
Bonder
with
pro
tennis
player
Lisa
Bonder
in
1998.