Sheldon Adelson, Conservative Megadonor and Billionaire, Dies At 87

Sheldon Adelson, the multibillionaire casino mogul and Republican Party megadonor, died Monday at age 87. Adelson died from complications related to treatment he was receiving for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, according to a press release this morning from Las Vegas Sands, the casino and resort company Adelson owned.