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    John Gilbert Getty, Heir to Getty Fortune, Dead at 52

    https://www.tmz.com/2020/11/23/john-...don-dead-dies/

    John Gilbert Getty -- one of the heirs to the Getty fortune -- has died.

    Law enforcement sources tell us ... John passed away Friday in San Antonio, this after he was discovered unresponsive in a hotel room. We're told no foul play is suspected at this point, and the cause of death is pending an autopsy.

    The family broke the news through a rep, saying ... "With a heavy heart, Gordon Getty announces the death of his son, John Gilbert Getty." The spokesperson adds, "John was a talented musician who loved rock and roll. He will be deeply missed."

    John's other brother, Andrew, died in 2015 from meth intoxication ... and his own, mother, Ann, died from a heart attack just this past September.

    John Gilbert was one of several descendants of J. Paul Getty -- the oilman whose art collection served as the basis for the Getty Museum in L.A. Not too much is known about JG other than the fact he bounced around in L.A. ... jumping from one multi-million-dollar home to the next, and that he was apparently pals with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

    The Getty family fortune is estimated to be north of $5 billion these days -- and there are still several living heirs between children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

    John Gilbert is survived by his daughter, Ivy Getty, and his brothers, Peter and Billy.

    He was 52.

    RIP

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    I call drug overdose!
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    I don't have a thousand dollars hanging around to buy a fart in a jar lol.

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    That family has had a lot of tragedy. Of course, that's probably true of most extended families - we just don't know their stories.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curiouscat View Post
    I call drug overdose!
    Me too.

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    One of the Getty's named their son, Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone Getty. Wtf.
    Quote Originally Posted by Boston Babe 73 View Post
    I don't have a thousand dollars hanging around to buy a fart in a jar lol.

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    nevermind
    Last edited by up2trouble; 12-09-2020 at 06:19 PM.

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    I too think that he died from a overdose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curiouscat View Post
    One of the Getty's named their son, Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone Getty. Wtf.
    I thought that was what you named your son...is it not?

    I'm on the overdose thought train too.

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    Getty Heir John Gilbert Getty Died from Fentanyl OD

    https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/27/john-...ause-of-death/

    John Gilbert Getty -- one of the heirs to the Getty fortune -- died from complications related to a fentanyl overdose ... TMZ has learned.

    The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office in Texas tells TMZ ... John died of cardiomyopathy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- heart disease and COPD, in layman's terms -- complicated by fentanyl toxicity.

    The M.E. also says the overdose was accidental.

    As we reported ... John died back in November after he was found unresponsive in a San Antonio hotel room.

    It was a tumultuous 2020 for the Getty family. Just 2 months before John died ... his mother, Ann, died from a heart attack. John's other brother, Andrew, died in 2015 from meth intoxication.

    John Gilbert, of course, was one of several descendants of J. Paul Getty -- the oilman whose art collection was central to the famed Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

    The Getty family fortune's estimated at around $5 billion.

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    Sad stuff, all that money and it couldn't save him. Is this the grandson that was kidnapped and had his ear chopped off? Whatever happened to him? I guess this guy is too young to be him.
    You are talking to a woman who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom and chuckled at catastrophe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KimTisha View Post
    Sad stuff, all that money and it couldn't save him. Is this the grandson that was kidnapped and had his ear chopped off? Whatever happened to him? I guess this guy is too young to be him.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_family

    Kidnapped Getty
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III
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