: He died Monday night in Beverly Hills, according to CBC. The reserved, unpretentious Kerkorian spent much of his life trying to stay out of the spotlight and rarely gave interviews. He was 98. He called himself a "small-town boy who got lucky." He shunned glitzy Hollywood parties and movie premieres in favor of making deals. After making his first fortune ferrying gamblers to Las Vegas with Trans International Airlines, he built the 30-storey, 1,568-room International Hotel, the world largest hotel when it opened in the late 1960s. Rather than arrive at an event by limousine, he often drove himself in a Mercury station wagon. "He was a very private guy who shunned the limelight, both in a business way and from a charitable standpoint," said Patty Glaser, his attorney of four decades.
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