Howard 'Butch' Kerzner, one of the world's most powerful casino executives, has been killed in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic.
Kerzner, 42, was chief executive of Kerzner International, the casino group founded and built up by his father, Sol Kerzner, who is the group’s chairman.
Two pilots, both members of the Dominican Republic’s armed forces, were killed when the Robinson 44 helicopter crashed onto the roof of a building in the popular tourist resort of Sosua on the country’s north coast on Wednesday afternoon.
Another man, named as Delio Luis Gonzalez and identified as the son of a US-based real estate investor, was also killed in the crash, which happened as the men were surveying possible development sites. A commission has been set up to investigate the crash.
