LOS ANGELES – Movie producer, film financier, real estate heir and major Democratic political donor Steve Bing has died.
He was 55.The Los Angeles County coroner said Bing died Monday at his residence in the Century City section of Los Angeles. The coroner did not cite a cause and said an autopsy is pending.
Without giving a name, the city Fire Department said it responded to a report of a 55-year-old man jumping from a building at the same time and place.Bing produced the 2000 Sylvester Stallone film “Get Carter” and was a major investor in the 2004 Tom Hanks animated film “The Polar Express.” He co-wrote the 2003 comedy “Kangaroo Jack,” a film starring Anthony Anderson and Jerry O’Connell that was savaged by critics but made nearly $90.