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	Melvin Dummar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Melvin Earl Dummar (born August 28, 1944) was a Willard, Utah service station owner who claimed that one evening in December 1967 he had picked up Howard Hughes along a desolate road in the Nevada desert.
		After Hughes's death in April 1976, a handwritten will was discovered in the headquarters of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City that left "Melvin DuMar" one-sixteenth of Hughes's estate, worth over $2 billion.
		After examination of the envelope and an accompanying note, it was determined that Melvin's fingerprints were on the envelope, and that the handwriting on the note was in fact Dummar's disguised handwriting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melvin_Dummar (844 words)

	Passing Through: An Existential Journey Across America's Outback - A Stephens Press Book
		Melvin Dummar had grown up in the shadow of those same billboards, and, as a boy, had watched in wide-eyed wonder as the stretch limos roared past his father's humble mining claim in Fairfield.
		Directed by Jonathan Demme, Melvin and Howard features the real Melvin Dummar in his first ever dramatic role-a bit part as a soda jerk for which he receives a seven-dollar royalty whenever the film is shown on television.
		Melvin would be snatched from the clutches of his creditors and carried off to a penthouse suite high atop the Desert Inn-far, far removed from the harsh realities of the workaday world.
	www.passingthroughnv.com /html/excerpts.html (3368 words)

	Howard Hughes FBI Files
		Melvin Dummar's September 11, 1975 appearance on the TV game show "Let's Make A Deal" did not lead to much gain, but his 1977 claim would have brought him $156 million.
		Dummar claims that in 1967 he was on his way to California to find his wife, who had runaway with another man. Dummar says he found a disheveled and dirty man laying off a remote Nevada road, 150 miles north of Las Vegas, near the Cottontail Ranch, a legal brothel.
		Dummar's story was turned into the 1980 film "Melvin and Howard." The money Dumar made from the film went toward his legal bills.
	www.paperlessarchives.com /howard_hughes.html (1007 words)

	MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: Melvin and Howard
		A film about Melvin Dumar, the man who might have met Howard Hughes while driving through the desert and who was named in what has been called Hughes' "Mormon Will." A comedy about very American things.
		Melvin Dumar represents that sweet natured dullness of wit, the simple honest and trusting nature of truly innocent people.
		A delightful, daffy film with very fine performances by Paul Le Mat as Dumars, Mary Steenburgen as his forgiving with and Jason Robards as the mysterious Hughes.
	www.lib.unc.edu /house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=3194 (178 words)

	Mr. Dummar takes new shot at the Hughes estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Melvin Dummar had long since given up on getting a share of the late billionaire Howard Hughes's fortune.
		Dummar became a national joke when a Las Vegas jury ruled that the basis for his claim -- a handwritten will that surfaced mysteriously -- was fake.
		In 2002, bald from chemotherapy and bedridden, he had a visit from Gary Magnesen, a former FBI agent who is the brother of a man for whom Mr.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06165/698169-84.stm (1295 words)

	Greeley Tribune - On the Right Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Ford pickup truck she was driving went through a stop sign and collided with a cattle truck.
		The Colorado State Patrol reported that Michelle was westbound on Weld 36 in her 1991 Ford pickup.
		Melvin Horst said he and his wife, Patricia, and family are trying to cope with the tragedy.
	www.greeleytrib.com /article/19990721/ONTHERIGHTROAD/302110088 (849 words)

	Howard Hughes (1905 - 1976) - RealOpinion.com Political Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Melvin Dumar claimed that in 1975, he picked up Howard Hughes as a hitchhiker, and that after giving Hughes the ride, Hughes made Dumar sole inheritor of the Hughes estate.
		However, subsequent court proceedings proved Dumar's claims to be fraudulent.
		Melvin and Howard, 1980, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jason Robards as Howard Hughes and Paul Le Mat as Melvin Dumar.
	www.realopinion.com /realboards/showthread.php?t=919 (2146 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The former Willard gas station operator - who forever will be tied to Howard Hughes through the so-called Mormon Will - still insists he picked up the billionaire recluse along a lonely Nevada road and saved his life on a frigid December night in 1967.
		Although the will was tagged a fake, Magnesen argues that neither Melvin nor Bonnie could have forged it.
		Melvin tried his hand at a string of jobs from delivering beer to selling liquidated furniture.
	www.sltrib.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3258087 (1809 words)

	Melvin and Howard and Now Gary - New York Times
		Dummar, a former gas station operator who nowadays travels the back roads of Utah and Nevada, selling meat, seafood and pies from a refrigerator in the back of his 1995 Chevy pickup, stands by the oft-told, and often-questioned, story of his chance encounter with Howard Hughes.
		"Melvin DuMar" was designated to receive one-sixteenth of Hughes's fortune (about $156 million).
		Now, however, the man whose underdog story inspired the 1980 film "Melvin and Howard" has a new advocate: Gary Magnesen, a former F.B.I. agent and the author of the just-published book "The Investigation: A Former F.B.I. Agent Uncovers the Truth Behind Howard Hughes, Melvin Dummar, and the Most-Contested Will in American History" (Barricade Books).
	www.nytimes.com /2005/11/27/movies/27broeside.html?ex=1290747600&en=263078f3a2922659&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (388 words)

	SCTV Network 90: Polynesiantown with Dr John - TV.com
		-"Melvin and Howard I" with Rick Moranis as Melvin Dumar, Joe Flaherty as Howard Hughes, and Eugene Levy as Howard Cosell.
		-"Melvin and Howards II" with Rick Moranis as Melvin Dumar, Joe Flaherty as Howard Hughes, Eugene Levy as Howard Cosell, and Dave Thomas as Howard Baker.
		-"Melvin and Howards III" with Rick Moranis as Melvin Dumar, Joe Flaherty as Howard Hughes, Eugene Levy as Howard Cosell, Dave Thomas as Howard Baker, and John Candy as Curly Howard.
	www.tv.com /episode/128814/summary.html (358 words)

	Death and Taxes - The Blog: Estate Plans of the Rich and Famous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The outing to the Mizpah and subsequent search was a completely separate occasion of Hughes leaving (with employees and aides- thereby making their assertions in court that Hughes never left his penthouse perjury, and the destroying of the records from that time period evidence tampering).
		They contacted Melvin, and he was initially hesitant to get back into the legal course of things, as it did not go well for him the first time.
		My father did not ask for anything, but Melvin said that it was all because of his investigation that any of this was even occurring, so he offered the 10%.
	jas-law.typepad.com /death_and_taxes/estate_plans_of_the_rich_and_famous (9674 words)

	ABC 4 - Melvin Dummar still hopeful he'll get part of Howard Hughes' fortune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A story that caused a Utah man to be ridiculed and branded as a fraud may turn out to be true after all; and that could make Melvin Dummar a millionaire.
		In 30 years, Dummar has never wavered from his claim that Howard Hughes hand wrote a will on a slip of paper leaving him a small portion of the multi-billionaire's estate; a fortune so huge that the tiny percentage amounted to 156 million dollars.
		The incident was even made into the 1980 film Melvin and Howard.
	www.abc4.com /local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=EDB671C3-6548-4D3C-B0C8-9CECBDA674DB (699 words)

	Lawyer waging fight over Hughes estate
		Melvin Dummar, left, and his attorney, Stuart Stein, right, hold a news conference Tuesday, June 13, 2006, in Salt Lake City, while showing a book they say supports Dummar's claim that he helped rescue eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes in a desert in 1976.
		They have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming Dumar is entitled to $156 million from the Howard Hughes estate, an amount they say Hughes designated to him in a handwritten will.
		An Albuquerque lawyer, who used to practice in Santa Fe, is representing the Utah man who inspired that film in a renewed effort to win part of the late billionaire Howard Hughes' fortune -- $156 million to be exact.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/45065.html (713 words)

	Howard Hughes - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft, April 5, Biology, Boston, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Much of his strange behavior at the end of his life has been attributed to tertiary stage syphilis by modern biographers.
		In 1975 Hughes was allegedly hitchhiking to Las Vegas when he was picked up by Melvin Dumar.
		The movie Melvin and Howard details this story (see also Howard Hughes will).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Howard_Hughes.html (1036 words)

	KSL News: Investigator Finds New Evidence in a Howard Hughes Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Melvin Dummar's story about Hughes is almost forgotten.
		Melvin Dummar ekes out a living driving vast distances delivering meat in remote areas.
		Magnesen says his book will prove the trial was a miscarriage of justice for Dummar because of obstruction of justice and intimidation of witnessess.
	tv.ksl.com /index.php?nid=8&sid=151916 (644 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Dummar may have told truth after all
		The document became known as the "Mormon Will" because someone had mysteriously dropped it on a desk in the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
		These days, Melvin Dummar ekes out a living driving his truck across vast stretches of Utah and Nevada selling packaged meat products.
		The veteran FBI man says he's found strong evidence there was obstruction of justice, intimidation of witnesses and possible jury tampering during the trial of the will's authenticity.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600114069,00.html (1049 words)

	Las Vegas Advisor - Anthony Curtis - Today's News
		Dumar claims to have found Hughes in the desert in 1967, and driven him home to Las Vegas.
		A court found against the claim and Dumar was labeled a charlatan (and an inept one at that).
		However, new and compelling evidence has surfaced and Dumar is coming back for another try.
	www.lasvegasadvisor.com /whatsnews.cfm?WhatsNewsID=520 (3327 words)

	14 - Detroit Pistons
		Trading their second round pick, Melvin Levett, to the Lakers for Derek Harper appeared to be a great move, but fate was not on the Pistons side, as Harper refused to play for them and instead chose to retire.
		They do have some interest in Barkley and Kenyon Dooling, but it looks like the Mavericks will gobble the latter up with pick No. 12 and Joe Dumars is said to think highly of Cleaves and I don't see them considering Barkley here, unless for some reason both Cleaves and Dooling are gone.
		This is the first year of the Joe Dumar's regime.
	www.ibiblio.org /craig/draft/2000_draft/Picks/14_detroit.htm (1669 words)

	THE MONEY. The Battle for Howard Hughes' Billions
		When asked for information about a beneficiary of the will, "Melvin DuMar," Dietrich said he had never heard of him.
		Dummar turned out to be a pudgy, 32-year-old country-western singer and composer from Gabbs, Nev. He later explained that he often misspelled his name because DuMar seemed more high-toned than Dummar.
		His story was that he had discovered Hughes bleeding and unconscious in the desert in January 1968.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/12/07/hughes.html (1302 words)

	The IFC Blog
		Also at the Times, Broeske revisits the claims of Melvin Dummar, the Utah gas station operator who allegedly once found a solitary Hughes lying near the side of the road in the Nevada desert.
		In it, "Melvin DuMar" is left one-sixteenth of Hughes' estate.
		The will was ruled a forgery, but Broeske writes that Gary Magnesen, a former FBI agent, has just published a book supporting Dummar's story.
	ifcblog.ifctv.com /ifc_blog/2005/11/movies_for_book.html (521 words)

	Public Counsel - Pro Bono Online
		One of them wept with surprise and gratitude when told that a recently discovered will, apparently handwritten by Hughes, gave him a large slice of the estate.
		The story of that man who thought he was going to inherit $100 million was made into the award-winning movie "Melvin and Howard." Melvin Dumar, a gas station attendant, claimed that he had picked up Hughes while he was hitchhiking through the Nevada desert.
		But in court the will was proved to be a fake.
	www.publiccounsel.org /news/2003/oct1403.htm (568 words)

	Don Phillips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		So my original idea for making Melvin and Howard was that we would bookend Howard Hughes and we would tell mainly about the ride.
		I thought the Melvin character should be anonymous and that Jack would be a distraction, I said no. I pulled off my shoe and pounded the coffee table, which Mike Nichols sat behind, so hard that Mike's Valium went flying.
		I got a call at 5AM from the Cannes Festival, asking, 'Where is the print of Melvin and Howard?' I called the studio and they told me, 'We don't want your movie in Cannes, because then it will be known as a festival movie and we don't make any movies to be festival movies.
	www.lukeford.net /profiles/profiles/don_phillips.htm (5143 words)

	Amazon.com: Investigation: A Former FBI Agent Uncovers the Truth Behind the Most Contested Will in American History: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One day, a man named Forsythe (who was an employee of Hughes) walked into the Willard, Utah gas station of Melvin Dummar and left Dummar a handwritten document that purported to be the Last Will and Testament of Howard Hughes.
		For example, Hughes owned the property that Melvin Dummar claimed he found him on when he gave him a ride.
		Most surprisingly, he locates a credible witness who is willing to testify he gave Hughes a plane ride to the area where Dummar found him the evening before.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569802947?v=glance (1130 words)

	'A long, tough road' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But no journey has been longer than the road back from humiliation and defeat at the hands of a jury that didn't believe him.
		The purported will, anonymously dropped off at the church office building, divided the Hughes estate into 16 equal shares, with one share designated for the Mormon church and another sixteenth for "Melvin DuMar." A one-sixteenth share of Hughes' fortune was said to be worth $150 million.
		Hughes' closest associates argued in court that Dummar's story was impossible because the billionaire didn't leave the hotel once from 1966 to 1970.
	www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2005/11/17/news/regional/5b74bea4373bc5f6872570bb007c77f8.txt (774 words)

	Where's Waldo? - Fly Fishing Utah - The Utah Fly Fishing Resource
		Like Howard hughes mini took a night out to one of those establishments in the Neveda desert.
		He must have gotten beaten up and Melvin Dumar is picking him up as we speak.
		Pretty soon we will have the Melvin Dummar and the minivan will saga.
	www.utahonthefly.com /forums/showthread.php?t=12615 (759 words)

	Your Moral Leader: What is a producer exactly?
		Rodger Jacobs writes: In Hollywood, most people will tell you that the term has various definitions but in Luke Ford's massive exploration -- nearly seventy interviews with film and television producers, some whose name you may know, others who have been relegated to obscurity -- what emerges is a portrait of the producer as artist.
		Don Phillips' tale of the making of the groundbreaking "small" film "Melvin and Howard" is worth the cover price alone.
		(Phillips didn't want to wait a year for Jack's availability)Elvis Presley was next considered for the role of Melvin Dumar:
	yourmoralleader.blogspot.com /2004/08/what-is-producer-exactly.html (287 words)

	Planet LDS » 2005 » November (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The background to this joke centers around a man named Melvin Dummar who claimed that he had a brief encounter with Hughes alongside a Nevada road in the late 1960s that turned out to be very significant.
		As detailed in an interesting Salt Lake Tribune feature story published a few days ago, Dummar claimed that on a cold night in late December 1967, he was driving along a Nevada road when he stopped to use the outdoor facilities.
		He did make a cameo appearance in an award-winning 1980 film entitled Melvin and Howard, but his phone didn't ring during production of the Academy Award-winning Hughes biopic, The Aviator, which focused on an earlier period in Hughes' life.
	planet.kzion.com /?m=200511&paged=1 (6991 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Mike Korologos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As a stringer, he was the second person to interview Utahn Melvin Dumar, the person who claimed he picked up a hitchhiking Howard Hughes in the desert and gave him a ride.
		In return for the favor, as the story went, the reclusive billionaire allegedly listed Dumar in his will.
		About halfway into his journalistic career, Mike realized that "You can't eat headlines," and turned himself in for a flak (public relations person).
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Korologos_Mike_315862091.htm (1354 words)

	village voice > specials > What's Stranger Than Paradise? by J. Hoberman
		But from his earliest days at American-International, the hallmark of Demme's career has been an appreciation for lower-class kitsch and the mass-produced, reified fantasy it embodies: theme restaurants and motels, while-u-wait wedding chapels and the accoutrements of an L.A.-style Christmas.
		Based on the case of Melvin Dumar, mystery beneficiary of Howard Hughes's contested will, Melvin and Howard (1980) treats the contemporary West—Vegas, SoCal, Utah (with utopian intimations of Hawaii)—as a land of failed schemes and sweet disorder.
		The film is the real Rocky, Americans as feckless, media-blitzed dreamers and natural performers who think nothing of marrying each other twice, then spending their honeymoon playing nickel slots.
	www.villagevoice.com /specials/0543,50thhoberman,69276,31.html (3077 words)

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