FILM producer and businessman Steve Bing killed himself after years of depression and financial troubles, reports say.
The 55-year-old, who previously dated actress and model Liz Hurley, was found outside a luxury apartment building in Century City, California at 1pm on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office said the death was the result of multiple blunt trauma by suicide.
Bing was best known as an investor in films including The Polar Express and Beowulf, and he was also credited as a producer in Sylvester Stallone remake Get Carter.
He dropped out of Stanford University aged 18 after receiving a $600million inheritance from a real estate developer grandfather, and went on to co-found media company Shangri-La Entertainment.
Despite Bing’s outward success, friends have said he had been going through “a dark time for years”, PageSix reported.
“Steve was the most charming, caring and generous guy you could
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