a controversy erupted over a Vincent van Gogh self-portrait titled Study by Candlelight that Goetz had purchased two years earlier. The painting was declared a fake by art expert Willem Sandberg and the artist's nephew, V. W. van Gogh, resulting in an international debate among art experts. The painting remained controversial and was not put up for auction with the rest of the Goetz collection following Edith Goetz's death in 1987. The painting was exhibited April 13–25, 2013 in the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada. Death On August 15, 1969, Goetz died of cancer at his Holmby Hills, Los Angeles home at the age of 66. He was buried in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. References External links 1903 births 1969 deaths American film producers American film studio executives Film producers from California Universal Pictures Businesspeople from Los Angeles American art collectors 20th-century American Jews American racehorse owners and breeders Burials in California California Democrats Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Businesspeople from Philadelphia 20th-century American businesspeople Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery People from Holmby Hills, Los Angeles NBCUniversal people 20th Century Studios people