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Utahn Melvin Dummar, who claimed to be a Howard Hughes heir, dies
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900045831/utahn-melvin-dummar-who-claimed-to-be-a-howard-hughes-heir-dies.html ^ | 12/10/2018 | John Hollenhorst

Posted on 12/10/2018 12:16:46 PM PST by Borges

A Utah man who repeatedly made headlines around the world in the 1970s has died.

Melvin Dummar was a gas station operator in Box Elder County in 1976 when he suddenly seemed to be on the verge of becoming a multi-millionaire. He was named an heir to the fortune of eccentric and secretive billionaire Howard Hughes.

Dummar's name was contained in a handwritten will discovered in the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City.

The document became known as the "Mormon Will" because someone had mysteriously dropped it on a desk at the church's headquarters. The purported will divided the Hughes estate into 16 equal shares, with one share designated for the church itself and another sixteenth for "Melvin DuMar."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Nevada; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: howardhughes; lds; melvinandhoward; melvindummar; mormonwill; obituary
Don't know about this guy but "Melvin and Howard" is a lot of fun.
1 posted on 12/10/2018 12:16:46 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
Then there's SCTV's Melvin and Howards
2 posted on 12/10/2018 12:24:27 PM PST by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: Borges

I, Howard R. Hughes, being of sound mind and disposing mind and memory, not acting under duress, fraud or the undue influence of any person whomever, and being a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, declare that this is to be my last will and revolt [sic] all other wills previously made by me -
After my death, my estate is to be devided [sic] as follows -
First: one-forth [sic] of all my assets to go to Hughes Medical Institute of Miami -
Second: one-eight [sic] of assets to be devided [sic] among the University of Texas - Rice Institute of Technology of Houston - the University of Nevada - and the University of California.
Third: one-sixteenth to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - David O. McKay - Pre.
Forth [sic]: one-sixteenth to establish a home for Orphan Children [sic] -
Fifth: one-sixteenth of assets to go to Boy Scouts of America.
Sixth: one-sixteenth to be devided [sic] among Jean Peters of Los Angeles and Ella Rice of Houston -
Seventh: one-sixteenth of assets to William R. Lommis [sic] of Houston, Texas -
Eighth: one-sixteenth to go to Melvin DuMar [sic] of Gabbs, Nevada -
Ninth: one-sixteenth to be devided [sic] among my personal aids [sic] at the time of my death -
Tenth: one-sixteenth to be used as school scholarship fund for entire country - the spruce goose is to be given to the City of Long Beach, Calif.
The remainder of my estate is to be devided [sic] among the key men of the company’s [sic] I own at the time of my death.
I appoint Noah Dietrich as the executer [sic] of this will -
Signed the 19 [sic] day of March 1968
Howard R. Hughes


3 posted on 12/10/2018 12:24:30 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

Obviously drafted by a top-notch lawyer...


4 posted on 12/10/2018 12:34:10 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Borges

I take it he didn’t get anything....................


5 posted on 12/10/2018 12:36:25 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Dummar


6 posted on 12/10/2018 12:42:01 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Red Badger

“...I take it he didn’t get anything.......................”

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Hmmm,,,J fake it he’s an old white guy.???/!!!!!!!!
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7 posted on 12/10/2018 12:45:44 PM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: EveningStar

I remember that one...lol, a classic.


8 posted on 12/10/2018 12:48:11 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: Red Badger

"hey wait a..?? sumbody called me Dummer from sum place called Boxarox,I wonder if I can get in on this"

9 posted on 12/10/2018 12:50:05 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Red Badger

‘I take it he didn’t get anything.................’

I bet he was (sic) about that...


10 posted on 12/10/2018 1:45:07 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: Borges

In my day, there was a simple hitchhiker rule:
Never pick up a hitchhiker UNLESS it is a hot chick in short shorts and you aren’t in NYC...


11 posted on 12/10/2018 2:20:34 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Borges

RIP.


12 posted on 12/10/2018 4:34:24 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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