TMZ, after jumping from the Century City building in LA which he lived in.Sources told the publication that the film producer and director had been ‘depressed’ following isolation due to the pandemic but it has not been made clear if this was the reason for his death.Steve Bing inherited his huge fortune from his grandfather Leo, who spent the 1920s building luxury apartments in New York.Despite his huge inheritance, and his family appearing on the Forbes list of 400 richest American families, Steve was not well-known until he started dating Elizabeth Hurley from 2000-2001.Before leaving high school he had already written his first screenplay, ‘Missing in Action,’ with sitcom writer Arthur Silver.