Steve Bing was a committed philantropist and passionate supporter of many good causes. Despite dropping out of college to pursue his dream of becoming a film-maker, Steve went on to be a huge Hollywood success story.
He founded Shangri-La Entertainment after inheriting around $600million from his grandfather, who made his fortune as a real estate developer.
Steve's first big budget movie was the Sylvester Stallone hit Get Carter, released in 2000. He wrote Kangaroo Jack in 2003, and also invested almost $100million in 2004 movie The Polar Express.
The movie maker also used his riches for good and donated huge sums of money to environmental causes. But the 55-year-old was said by friends to be gripped by a crippling loneliness and he is
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