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Grandson of Getty Oil founder discovered dead in home Andrew Getty, grandson of Getty Oil founder, found dead
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Andrew Getty, the grandson of Getty Oil founder J Paul Getty, was found dead on Tuesday at his Los Angeles area home, the Los Angeles Times has reported.Andrew Getty, the grandson of Getty Oil founder J Paul Getty, was found dead on Tuesday at his Los Angeles area home, the Los Angeles Times has reported.
The cause of death for Andrew Getty, 48, was not immediately clear according to reports that cited a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.The cause of death for Andrew Getty, 48, was not immediately clear according to reports that cited a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.
A LAPD spokeswoman told Reuters that detectives were conducting a death investigation at a home in the Hollywood Hills, where a man was found unconscious and not breathing.A LAPD spokeswoman told Reuters that detectives were conducting a death investigation at a home in the Hollywood Hills, where a man was found unconscious and not breathing.
The spokeswoman said she could not identify the dead man. The spokeswoman said she could not give the dead man’s identity.
Celebrity news website TMZ reported that Getty, the son of Gordon Getty and an heir to his grandfather’s fortune, was found in a bathroom of the home at about 2pm under suspicious circumstances and that a former girlfriend was being detained as a potential witness or suspect.
Getty’s grandfather, J Paul Getty, merged several smaller oil companies into Getty Oil in the 1960s. At one time one of America’s richest men, he was also an avid art collector who established the trust that funds the J Paul Getty Museum and several other institutions.