Elizabeth Hurley and Bill Clinton have paid tribute to Steve Bing, the Hollywood maker and political benefactor who has kicked the bucket at 55 years old.
On-screen character Hurley, who had a child Damian with Bing in 2002, composed on Instagram that he was a "sweet, kind man" and "our time together was glad".
Previous US President Clinton said he "cherished Steve Bing without question".
The Los Angeles Times and TMZ announced that Bing tumbled to his demise from an elevated structure on Monday.
LA police and the LA County coroner said a man in his 50s was articulated dead at the scene in Culver City.
In Hollywood, Bing was known for co-composing the 2003 film Kangaroo Jack; financing 2004's The Polar Express, voiced by Tom Hanks; and delivering the 2000 redo of Get Carter featuring Sylvester Stallone and Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones narrative Shine a Light.
He likewise hit the features in the mid 2000s for his 18-month relationship with Hurley.
Their child Damien, who turned 18 in April, was at the focal point of a prominent paternity case in the wake of Bing give occasion to feel qualms about whether he was the dad. That was affirmed after DNA results were uncovered at London's High Court in 2002.
On Tuesday, Hurley said she had accommodated with Bing as of late. "I am disheartened too much that my ex Steve is no longer with us. It is a horrible end," she composed via web-based networking media.
"Our time together was glad and I'm posting these photos in light of the fact that despite the fact that we experienced some intense occasions, it's the acceptable, brilliant recollections of a sweet, kind man that issue.
"In the previous year we had become close once more. We keep going talked on our child's eighteenth birthday celebration. This is wrecking news and I thank everybody for their dazzling messages."
'Bizarre and befuddling time'
Damian Hurley posted on: "in all seriousness that has connected after the staggering news.
"I'm attempting to answer to the same number of you as I can, however please realize I will consistently recall your generosity. This is a peculiar and befuddling time and I'm hugely thankful to be encircled by my marvelous loved ones."
Bing sued the Daily Mirror in the wake of the legal dispute after the paper named him "Bing Laden" and printed his telephone number so perusers could affront him.
The paper's statement of regret read: "Our perusers should realize that Mr Bing isn't the despicable character that has been portrayed in the media. He is an altruist and philanthropic who has committed himself to helping causes affecting kids and their families."
'A major heart'
Bing acquired a $600m (£481m) land fortune from his granddad Leo Bing at 18 years old.
He was a major supporter of Mr Clinton, having given in any event $10m (£8.03m) to his establishment and paid for the previous president's outing to North Korea in 2009 to haggle for the arrival of two US writers.
Mr Clinton composed that Bing "had a major heart, and he was happy to do anything he could for the individuals and causes he had confidence in".
In another feature getting legal dispute, Bing sued MGM studio supervisor Kirk Kerkorian in 2002, guaranteeing he enrolled notorious private investigator Anthony Pellicano to remove dental floss from his trash to get DNA to demonstrate Bing fathered a kid with Kerkorian's ex.
A paternity test demonstrated that Bing was without a doubt the dad of tennis player Lisa Bonder's little girl.