Description
Melvin Earl Dummar is a Utah man who earned attention when he claimed to have saved reclusive business tycoon Howard Hughes in a Nevada desert in 1967, and to have been awarded part of Hughes' vast estate. Dummar's claims resulted in a series of court battles that all ended in rulings against Dummar. A Las Vegas jury determined in 1978 that the will, leaving Dummar $156 million, was a forgery.
Dummar's story was adapted into the Academy Award winning film Melvin and Howard, in which he was portrayed by Paul Le Mat.
Born
August 28th, 1944 in / Died: Dec 8th, 2018 - aged 74
Last Changes
2018/12/11
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2015/11/09
New Response (Success): Sent a SASE and color pic and he signed my pic and..
2015/02/18
New Response (Success): Mr. Dummar signed the postcard that I sent to him.