Las Vegas Sands founder Adelson dead at 87

Sheldon Adelson, founder of the Las Vegas Sands casino empire, has died at the age of 87 from complications related to the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Adelson had recently resumed cancer treatment and was taking a leave of absence from his roles as chairman and chief executive officer of both Las Vegas Sands and Sands China. “Born to immigrant parents and raised in a poor section of Boston, Adelson went from a teenager selling newspapers on a street corner to becoming one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs,” said a…

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