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- Birth nameKerkor Kerkorian
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Kirk Kerkorian was born on June 6, 1917 in Fresno, California, USA. He was a producer, known for The Promise (2016), Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (2008) and The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Cary Grant (1982). He was married to Una Davis, Lisa Bonder, Jean Maree Hardy and Hilda Schmidt. He died on June 15, 2015 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesUna Davis(March 30, 2014 - June 15, 2015) (his death)Lisa Bonder(August 13, 1998 - 1999) (divorced, 1 child)Jean Maree Hardy(December 5, 1954 - July 12, 1983) (divorced, 2 children)Hilda Schmidt(January 24, 1942 - September 27, 1951) (divorced)
- American financier; billionaire, chairman and major stockholder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation; real estate investor; purchaser of the Las Vegas Strip's Flamingo Hotel; builder of the International Hotel, which opened on July 2, 1969, and was at the time the largest in the world; and founder of Trans International Airlines Corporation. He was also a good friend of Cary Grant.
- US-born Kerkorian is the world's richest Armenian, USSR-born Sergei Parajanov is the world's most famous Armenian filmmaker.
- During the 1930s, he occasionally worked for forty cents an hour as a laborer at MGM. In 1969, he was so wealthy that he bought the legendary studio.
- Had casual affair with Priscilla Presley in the mid-1970s. He wanted to get serious but she rejected the idea. They remained on good terms and Kirk later helped her get elected to the board of directors of MGM.
- Pictured on a 380d Armenian postage stamp, issued 14 December 2017.
- There was a time I was aiming at $100,000. Then I thought I'd have it made if I got a million dollars. Now it isn't the money.
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