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Sept. 25, 2004, 2:02 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press. Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his ...
Sep 25, 2004 · In the 1980s, Davis and his family relocated from Denver to Beverly Hills, where he started a second career in real estate. An avid golfer, Davis owned the Pebble Beach Co., a seaside California ...
A giant of a man, Marvin Davis lived a giant life. Rocky Mountain wildcatter turned Hollywood mogul, he treated Twentieth Century Fox as his personal playground, broke all the rules (even his own), and, when he died last year, left his family warring over what may be a vanished $5.8 billion fortune. November 2005 Mark Seal. The Man Who Ate ...
It began in 1939 when my grandfather Jack Davis formed Davis Oil Company. A sailor in the English Navy, he arrived in New York in 1917. An entrepreneur, a gambler and a boxer, Jack fought more than 100 professional fights and vied for the light-heavyweight championship of the world. Jack married Jean Spitzer and had two children, Joan and Marvin.
Sep 25, 2004 · Updated:3:35 AM MDT September 25, 2004. Davis died surrounded by his family after a long illness, his publicist Allan Mayer said. The exact cause was not released. Davis had also owned the Pebble ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Marvin Davis, who parlayed his oil-and-gas exploration success into media and realty fortunes, died Saturday at age 79.
