Marvin Davis' Death

The entrepreneur Marvin Davis died at the age of 79. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Late billionaire who was the owner of Davis Petroleum and 20th Century Fox.

He was married to Barbara Levine for more than 50 years. The couple had five children: Dana, Gregg, Patricia, John, and Nancy.

Davis died of natural causes, said the spokesman, Michael Sitrick. Friends said that Mr. Davis, who was six feet four and weighed 300 pounds, had long suffered from heart trouble, back pain, diabetes and other effects of morbid obesity.

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There’s no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.

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As men get older, the toys get more expensive.

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The three of us pitched in $15,000 a piece to get it started.