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Steve Bing, producer and Elizabeth Hurley ex, reportedly dead by suicide

Steve Bing, a Hollywood lifer and father of actress Elizabeth Hurley’s child, has reportedly died.

TMZ is reporting that Bing, whose other notable efforts in the industry include a writing credit on “Kangaroo Jack” and a role as an investor in the Tom Hanks film “The Polar Express,” is dead after a jump Monday from the 27th floor in his Century City, LA, neighborhood. They claim sources close to Bing said he was depressed about being isolated in quarantine.

Bing, 55, dropped out of Stanford his junior year after receiving a $600 million inheritance from his grandfather, a real estate developer. He had a hand in writing Chuck Norris’ “Missing in Action” franchise in the 1980s, and moved into producing in the early 2000s with the Sylvester Stallone remake “Get Carter.”

Bing initially denied that he was the parent of Hurley’s son Damian Charles, born in 2002, claiming that the pair’s 2001 relationship was brief and non-exclusive. A DNA test eventually established him as the child’s father.

The apartment building where Steve Bing reportedly jumped to his death.
The apartment building where Steve Bing reportedly jumped to his deathSplashNews.com

In 2012, Bing joined with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet for a “Giving Pledge” aimed at donating to give away the majority of his wealth over his lifetime. TMZ reports that Bing donated to multiple progressive causes.