Melvin Dummar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMelvin Dummar
American Claimed Heir
Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1944
Place of Birth: Cedar City, Utah, United States
Date of Death: 08-Dec-2018
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Melvin Dummar
- Melvin Earl Dummar (August 28, 1944 – December 9, 2018) was a Utah man who earned attention when he claimed to have saved reclusive business tycoon Howard Hughes in the 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 later adapted into Jonathan Demme's film Melvin and Howard in 1980.
- A 2005 reinvestigation of the circumstances surrounding the so-called Dummar Will yielded new evidence not previously known.
Read more at Wikipedia