Merv Adelson
- Category : 1929-births
- Type : MS
- Profile : 4/1 - Opportunistic / Investigator
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : JX Values
Biography
American real estate developer and television producer who co-founded Lorimar Television.
In the 1950s Adelson established himself in Las Vegas where he first met Irwin Molasky and Moe Dalitz. The trio were responsible for building the Las Vegas Country Club as well as what became Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Molasky and Adelson later opened Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in 1965. Adelson soon left the real estate industry and co-founded Lorimar Television with Molasky and Lee Rich in 1969.
Adelson was married and divorced five times and had five children. He died in Los Angeles on 8 September 2015 from cancer, aged 85.