Rita Hayworth’s grandson was found dead after an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment Sunday.
Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos was the grandson of the silver-screen legend and the investigation into his death is under way.
He was found lying on his bed in his Chelsea apartment after suffocating himself.
Found dead: Andrew Embiricos, 25, was found in his Chelsea apartment Sunday night by a friend who was concerned since he had missed appointments
Famous face: Rita Hayworth was married five times, and has only two children, the younger of whom was Andrew Emiricos' motherThe New York Post reports that Mr Embiricos’ friend Aaron Edwards found Andrew's body when he went to check on him Sunday because Andrew had missed several appointments.
Their report says that no note was found at the scene and his mother, Princes Yasmin Aga Khan rushed to his apartment when she heard the news.
The 25-year-old Mr Khan was the son of Rita Hayworth’s daughter Princess Yasmin, 61, who was a product of Ms Hayworth’s third husband, Aga Khan IV.
The marriage was the second for Prince Aly and the third for Hayworth, who had just recently divorced the director Orson Welles when she met the Prince.
Prince Aly made headlines when he married screen siren Hayworth in a lavish ceremony in Cannes, France in 1949, when the movie star was already two months pregnant with Andrew Embiricos' mother Yasmin.
Yasmin was Rita Hayworth's second child- and her only child from her marriage to the Pakistani prince, and she was an item of debate during the couple's acrimonious divorce.
Family ties: Rita Hayworth (right) and her daughter- Andrew's mother- Yasmin Kahn (left) shown here in a home they shared in Beverly Hills
When Hayworth found out that the Prince was spotted dancing with fellow actress Joan Fontaine, Hayworth threatened to divorce him and moved to Reno, Nevada in order to expedite the process.
The couple fought over how and where Yasmin would be raised, with the Prince insisting that she be raised Muslim and Hayworth fighting for a Catholic upbringing similar to her own.
Mysterious: Andrew's autopsy did not reveal any immediate cause of death
Unfortunate surprise: A friend called 911 Sunday night when he went to check on Andrew after he had missed several appointments, only to find him dead in the apartment
At one point, Hayworth rejected a $1m offer to raise Yasmin in accordance with her ex-husband's Muslim faith. She issued a statement expressing her clear preference for an American upbringings, saying 'Nothing will make me give up Yasmin;s chance to live here in America among our precious freedoms and habits'.
Yasmin ended up being raised by her mother in America, and the Prince died in a car accident when she was only 10 years old. Read more >>
