Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate who influenced policy from D.C. to Jerusalem, dies at 87

[wardorican]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sheldon-adelson-casino-magnate-who-influenced-policy-from-dc-to-jerusalem-dies-at-87/2021/01/12/639974ec-54d8-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html

Sheldon G. Adelson, a billionaire casino tycoon and free-spending political donor who helped bankroll conservative candidates in the United States and Israel, and who pushed the governments of both countries to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, died Jan. 11 in Malibu, Calif. He was 87.

The cause was complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a company statement.

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

comes at a very interesting time

 

[Incumbent]

A response I saw on Twitter:

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction. - Clarence Darrow

 

[Yggdrasill]

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