godmother of Nicole Richie. Friend Aaron Spelling loosely based the "Carrington" characters of his hit TV series Dynasty on the Davises, even filming an episode at their Colorado home. In 1993, Davis and his wife were robbed of $10 million of jewels and $50,000 cash by masked gunmen while on holiday in the south of France. The Davises purchased The Knoll, a 45,000-square-foot house in Beverly Hills from Kenny Rogers. The Davises became famed for their Christmas parties. Davis is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. References 1925 births 2004 deaths 20th Century Studios people American people of British-Jewish descent American billionaires American energy industry businesspeople American philanthropists American film studio executives American socialites Davis family Businesspeople from Newark, New Jersey Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery California Democrats California Republicans Jewish American philanthropists Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni