Rita Hayworth's Grandson Found Dead In His New York City Apartment
Posted on Dec 06, 2011 @ 12:30PM
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
The family of the late Hollywood icon Rita Hayworth has been rocked by tragedy after her grandson was found dead in his Manhattan apartment.
The body of Andrew Embiricos, 25, was discovered with a plastic bag over his head at around 9 p.m. on Sunday in an apparent suicide, reported the New York Daily News.
Embiricos' close friend, Aaron Edwards, had gone to his friend's Camden apartment after he had missed several appointments and called 911. The medical examiner determined that the young man had died between 8.30 p.m. and 8.50 p.m.
A graduate of Fordham University with a degree in psychology, Embiricos had led a troubled life and friends claim he had been diagnosed with HIV, battled a drug problem and attempted suicide before.
In 2007, he was faced a personal scandal when it was revealed that he lived a double life as an amateur porn enthusiast who had posted porn videos on XTube under an alias, according to the Daily News.
This dark side of his life has led some of his friends to believe that Andrew did not mean to take his life.
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"Andrew was extremely kinky. Isn’t it possible that Andrew was experimenting with autoerotric asphyxiation?” Michael Musto, a Village Voice blogger wrote Monday night. He added that Embiricos did not leave a suicide note.
“I’m deeply saddened by the loss of someone with such radioactive charisma," Musto wrote, in honor of his late friend.
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Embiricos also had a very giving side and worked with HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and the Alzheimer’s Association, after the disease that caused the death of his grandmother in 1987.
His mother, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, is a well-known philanthropist who also works with the Alzheimer Association.
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He lived in Chelsea, not Camden, and was a neighbor.
Posted Wed, 03/28/2012 - 12:51pm
That's sad. Seems like a sweet kid, just troubled. Rest in Peace Andrew.
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:19pm
"Embiricos also had a very giving side" in addition to his very getting side, apparently.
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 10:21pm
The world has a powerful pull on all of us and never so much as this day and age and what looks so good at the time can destroy us in no time...what we all need is a healthy spirit and soul and you cant buy that or find it in anything but God.
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 5:45pm
When your friends are running around telling the world that you are extremely kinky it might be time to find new friends.
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 5:04pm
A lot of people who go to school to get a degree in psychology do so thinking they can cure there own mental problems. Sadly it doesn't work and some end up like Andrew the amateur porn enthusiast.
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 5:00pm
Who's next, Humphrey Bogart great grandson's nephews cat?
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 4:56pm
this one made me cry..another one so young..so much life ahead of him...why?? the world offers the young so much garbage and destroys them with it..making them old beyond their years....
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 3:58pm
Wow.
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 2:32pm