epa01100476 Gaming Tycoon Sheldon Adelson gestures during an interview at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China, 27 August 2007. The Venetian Macao opens 28 August 2007 being Macao's 27th casino featuring 850 gaming tables and 4100 slot machines at a cost 2.4 billion US dollars. EPA/PAUL HILTON

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Sheldon Adelson | 1933 – 2021

Photos: Sheldon Adelson used his vast wealth to buy political influence.

Gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson at his Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in China in 2007. (Paul Hilton / EPA / Rex / Shutterstck)

President Donald Trump stands alongside Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson before speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

President Trump stands alongside Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chief Executive and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson before speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., in December 2019. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, talks to American business magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at the opening of an ancient road at the City of David, a popular archaeological and tourist site in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem. The site is located on what many believe to be the ruins of the biblical King David's ancient capital and see as centerpieces of ancient Jewish civilization, but critics accuses the operators of pushing a nationalistic agenda at the expense of local Palestinian residents. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, talks to Adelson and his wife, Miriam, at the opening of an ancient road at the City of David, a tourist site in east Jerusalem. (Tsafrir Abayov / Associated Press)

Sheldon G. Adelson, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., left, and William P. Weidner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp, right, admire a model of the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort, Thursday Feb. 8, 2007, in Singapore. Adelson and Weigner said that progress for the construction of the $3.6 billion integrated resort was on track for completion for 2009.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Adelson, left, and Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chief Operating Officer William P. Weidner examine a model of the Marina Bay Sands resort on Feb. 8, 2007, in Singapore. (Wong Maye-e / Associated Press)

Casino magnate and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.

Venetian Resort Chairman Sheldon Adelson stands before some of the Italian artwork that was re-created to adorn the Venetian Resort hotel-casino in Las Vegas on March 17, 1999. (Laura Rauch / Associated Press)

FILE - In this May 4, 2015, file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson speaks in Las Vegas. An earnings report suggests Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract dispute with Richard Suen, a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Adelson speaks in Las Vegas in May 2015. (John Locher / Associated Press)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson speaks during a news conference for the opening of Parisian Macao in Macau. Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson speaks at a September 2016 news conference for the opening of Parisian Macao in Macau. (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)