Kirk Kerkorian
Family
### Family

[thumb\|upright\|Gravestone of Kerkorian and his father Ahron](/wiki/File:Qrq.jpg "Qrq.jpg")
Kerkorian was married four times, first to Hilda Schmidt from 1942 to 1952\. His next marriage, to Jean Maree Hardy, lasted from 1954 to 1984\. The two had met at the [Thunderbird](/wiki/Thunderbird_%28resort%29 "Thunderbird (resort)") resort in Las Vegas. Hardy, a dancer from England, traveled the world instructing dance troupes. They met and fell in love while she was sent to check opportunities to choreograph a performance in Las Vegas. The marriage produced Kerkorian's two daughters, Tracy and Linda, whose names serve as a [portmanteau](/wiki/Portmanteau_word "Portmanteau word") for Kerkorian's personal holding company, Tracinda Corporation, and his charitable organization, the Lincy Foundation. Although divorced, they remained close friends and confidants.

Kerkorian's short\-lived third marriage (1999\) was to professional tennis player [Lisa Bonder](/wiki/Lisa_Bonder "Lisa Bonder"), 48 years his junior, which lasted only one month. The two had signed a [prenuptial agreement](/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement "Prenuptial agreement") before marrying. Kerkorian subsequently was involved in a breach of privacy suit filed against him by [Steve Bing](/wiki/Steve_Bing "Steve Bing"). Kerkorian claimed Bing was the father of Bonder's daughter, an allegation which was later confirmed by [DNA paternity testing](/wiki/DNA_paternity_testing "DNA paternity testing"). On August 10, 2006, the *[Los Angeles Times](/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times "Los Angeles Times")* reported that Kerkorian's attorneys were being sued by Bonder because of their connection to former high\-profile private investigator [Anthony Pellicano](/wiki/Anthony_Pellicano "Anthony Pellicano"), who in 2008 began serving a fifteen\-year prison sentence for running a wiretapping scheme. Bonder's attorney alleged that Kerkorian's lawyers hired Pellicano to wiretap telephone calls between him and Kerkorian's ex\-wife in order to gain a tactical advantage in the divorce proceedings, an allegation that was later proven true. Pellicano also took a strand of Bing's used [dental floss](/wiki/Dental_floss "Dental floss") (surreptitiously acquired from rubbish) and used it to prove that it was Bing and not Kerkorian who fathered Bonder's daughter. Attorney Terry Christensen was subsequently convicted of [racketeering](/wiki/Racketeering "Racketeering") for hiring Pellicano to tap Bonder's phone, and received a three\-year prison sentence that was confirmed on appeal.

Kerkorian's short\-lived fourth marriage (2014\) was to Una Davis, born in 1966\. The marriage lasted only 57 days and divorce proceedings were underway when Kerkorian died on June 15, 2015\.


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