David Siegel, founder of Westgate Resorts and owners of one of Las Vegas’s most famous hotels, has died. He was 89.
The company announced Siegel’s death in a memo to the staff and on social media Saturday morning. No cause was reported, but he had fought cancer. He was the company’s founder and executive chairman. Siegel bought LVH, formerly known as Las Vegas Hilton and International Hotel, in July 2014.
The plant was built by game legend Kirk Kercorian and was known for its rotation of superstar heads, especially led by Elvis Presley who performed there 1969-1976.
“David’s last months were spent surrounded by his loving wife Jacqueline, his children and his large family and closest friends,” the company said in a statement, forwarded by Siegel’s son Richard. “Throughout his life, as in recent years, David’s passion for our company, our industry and hospitality we always create at the forefront of his mind.”
Siegel died in Orlando and last visited Westgate in December. He founded a time -sharing company in 1983.
Instead of flowers, the family requests donations to the Victoria Siegel Foundation to further David’s fight against the drug pandemic that claimed the life of his beautiful daughter Victoria on www.victoriasiegelfoundation.org.
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