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Billionaire hotel mogul Kirk Kerkorian dies

LAS VEGAS

Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, an eighth-grade dropout who built Las Vegas’ biggest hotels, tried to take over Chrysler and bought and sold MGM at a profit three times, has died. He was 98.

He died Monday night in Beverly Hills.

The reserved, unpretentious Kerkorian spent much of his life trying to stay out of the spotlight and rarely gave interviews. He called himself a “small-town boy who got lucky.”

He shunned glitzy Holly-wood parties and movie premieres in favor of making deals. Rather than arrive at an event by limousine, he often drove himself in a Mercury station wagon.

‘Game of Thrones’ is week’s top drama

NEW YORK

The shock-filled season finale of “Game of Thrones” on HBO reigned as television’s most-watched drama during a week when many eyes were watching the gripping NBA Finals between the Warriors and Cavaliers.

ABC won the week in prime time, averaging 9 million viewers. CBS averaged 5 million, NBC had 4.9 million, Fox had 3.4 million, Univision had 2.3 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.1 million, and the CW had 930,000.

USA was the week’s most-popular cable network, averaging 1.75 million viewers in prime time.

Associated Press