Marvin H. Davis, a billionaire who amassed his fortune through
well-timed deals in the oil and entertainment industries, died Saturday at
his home in Beverly Hills, a family spokesman said. He was 79.
Davis died of natural causes, said the spokesman, Michael Sitrick.
Friends said that Davis, who was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 300
pounds, had long suffered from heart trouble, back pain, diabetes and other
effects of morbid obesity.
It's good to be a kingmaker.
Just ask Bill Wardlaw, the man credited with masterminding the
election of the city's last two mayors.