His body not even cold, Kerry Packer's last deal may perish, too

Australia’s richest man, media billionaire Kerry Packer, died Monday. He was our kind of guy: Packer, 68 when he died, reportedly lived on hamburgers and milkshakes, lost $20 million in one go at a baccarat table in Las Vegas, and despite losing both his kidneys, survived two heart attacks.

His death leaves all sorts of things up in the air.

For one, no one is quite sure what will become of Regency, the Fox-based movie company in which Packer has

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