Rita Hayworth's Grandson Found Dead in New York Apartment

Rita Hayworth's grandson, Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos, has been know to battle drug addiction and already attempted suicide at least once. On Sunday, he was found in his Manhattan apartment dead, apparently from suffocating himself with a plastic bag.

It was reported that Mr Embiricos’ friend Aaron Edwards found Andrew's body on sunday when he went to check on him after 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 Embiricos was the son of Rita Hayworth’s daughter Princess Yasmin, 61, who was a product of Ms Hayworth’s third husband, Aga Khan IV.

A graduate of Fordham University with a degree in psychology, Mr Embiricos founded a Facebook charity group that provided clothing to homeless people and was also said to have worked with HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Village Voice reporter Michael Musto, who knew the 25-year-old from the New York social scene, wrote of his death: 'I’m deeply saddened by the loss of someone with such radioactive charisma. He was a strikingly handsome, personable guy who radiated charm no matter what crisis he was weathering.'

He also said that the young man had been in and out of drug rehab and had attempted suicide before, though revealed he had sounded cheerful in recent Facebook comments and was planning a trip to London with a friend.

In 2007, The Daily News' Gatecrasher column revealed he led a double life as an amateur porn enthusiast who had posted porn videos on XTube under an alias.