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Melvin E. Dummar
Age: 65
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Birth Place: Utah, USA
Born: Aug. 28th, 1944
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BIOGRAPHY: After the death of Howard Hughes (I), an intensive search began for his will, but one could not be found. Speculation became rampant that he may have written a holographic will, which is recognized in the states in which he had holdings. A holographic will was soon found on the desk of an official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The "Mormon Will" gave a gas-station owner named Melvin Dummar a 1/16th share of Hughes's $2 billion estate. Dummar claimed to reporters that late one evening in December 1967, he found a disheveled and dirty man laying along U.S. Highway 95. The man asked for a ride to Las Vegas, 150 miles south. Dropping him off at the Sands Hotel, Dummar said the man told him he was Hughes. The Mormon Will was rejected by a Nevada court in June 1978 as a forgery. The court also declared Hughes had died intestate. After saying he knew nothing about the will, Dummar admitted that he lied. He claimed a "mysterious man" dropped off a holographic will at his station with written instructions ordering him to deposit it at the LDS office. The "Mormon Will" was one of 40 "wills" filed by 200 people claiming to be Hughes's heirs. The estate was eventually split between 22 cousins in 1983. Dummar's story was the basis of Melvin and Howard (1980). Dummar lives in Brigham City, Utah.
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