Steve Bing was best known for penning Kangaroo Jack and dating British model Elizabeth Hurley, becoming the father of her son Damian
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Steve Bing dead: Liz Hurley’s film producer ex dies aged 55 in apparent suicide
Steve Bing was best known for penning Kangaroo Jack and dating British model Elizabeth Hurley, becoming the father of her son Damian
Steve Bing and Elizabeth Hurley dated and had a son, Damian
Steve Bing has died aged 55, according to reports in US ,media.
The film producer who penned Kangaroo Jack, had a relationship with British model Elizabeth Hurley, which gave them their son Damian.
TMZ has reported that Steve took his own life, with law enforcement officers called to his luxury apartment building in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed it was investigating the death of a man in his 50s in the Century City area of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County coroner said a man was pronounced dead at the scene at 1.10pm local time on Monday, and that identification was pending.
Steve was the founder of Shangri-La Entertainment after he had dropped out of Stanford to pursue a career in Hollywood following his inheritance of around $600 million from his grandfather.
His first big budget success came when he was the executive producer of Sylvester Stallone’s film, Get Carter, in 2000.
Steve Bing dead: Liz Hurley’s film producer ex dies aged 55 in apparent suicide
Steve Bing was best known for penning Kangaroo Jack and dating British model Elizabeth Hurley, becoming the father of her son Damian
Steve Bing and Elizabeth Hurley dated and had a son, Damian (Image: EMPICS Entertainment)
Steve Bing has died aged 55, according to reports in US ,media.
The film producer who penned Kangaroo Jack, had a relationship with British model Elizabeth Hurley, which gave them their son Damian.
TMZ has reported that Steve took his own life, with law enforcement officers called to his luxury apartment building in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed it was investigating the death of a man in his 50s in the Century City area of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County coroner said a man was pronounced dead at the scene at 1.10pm local time on Monday, and that identification was pending.
Steve was the founder of Shangri-La Entertainment after he had dropped out of Stanford to pursue a career in Hollywood following his inheritance of around $600 million from his grandfather.
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His first big budget success came when he was the executive producer of Sylvester Stallone’s film, Get Carter, in 2000.
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Former president Bill Clinton, a friend of Bing, appeared to confirm the news of his death, saying “he had a big heart, and he was willing to do anything he could for the people and causes he believed in”.
In his tribute, Mr Clinton said: “I loved Steve Bing very much. He had a big heart, and he was willing to do anything he could for the people and causes he believed in. I will miss him and his enthusiasm more than I can say, and I hope he’s finally found peace.”
In his private life, his relationship with Liz Hurley is the major talking point.
They met in 2000 when Steve was 35 and Liz was 36. He wooed her with private jets, chunky gold Rolex watches, sapphire and diamond rings and all-expenses paid trips to New York and Europe.
But beyond the outward flashiness both Liz and her friends said she was ‘very much in love’ with the filmmaker and they had a son Damian, who is now 18.
After a brief split in March 2001, the couple were said to be more serious than ever, spending all their time together at his luxury suite at the Hotel Bel Air and holidaying to Elton John’s villa in Nice that August – where Liz is believed to have conceived.
But instead of uniting them, the baby news sparked one of the nastiest paternity feuds in Hollywood.
Liz was ‘deeply distraught’ when Steve issued a savage statement suggesting that the child wasn’t his.
“Ms Hurley and I were not in an exclusive relationship when she became pregnant. It is her choice to be a single mother,” he said before vowing to be “extremely involved and responsible” if he was found to be the father
Liz wasted no time hitting back, arguing that for her, at least, the romance had been a monogamous one.
“I loved Stephen enormously during the 18 months we were together. Contrary to erroneous reports, we were still very much happy together when I discovered I was pregnant,” she said.
“I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me.”
