against von Kloberg, in which a staff employee posed as a neo-Nazi who advocated the annexation of Poland by Germany. When von Kloberg offered to represent her, the magazine reported on the sting operation under the headline, "Washington's Most Shameless Lobbyist". Following publication of the story, von Kloberg showed up at the magazine's Washington office wearing a helmet, announcing that he was ready to "take the flak". In 2001, exiled King Kigeli V of Rwanda invested von Kloberg as a Chevalier Grand Croix of the Royal Order of the Intare. The King called von Kloberg "a great friend of Africa and a true aristocrat." Death Von Kloberg committed suicide in 2005 by jumping from the walls of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. By this time he was sick and broke. In his pockets were a note for his younger lover, Darius Monkevicius, who had left him, and a magazine cover showing him beside president George H. W. Bush. References External links "King Kigeli V Honors Von Kloberg, DuVal", The Washington Diplomat, July 2001. Richard Leiby. "Fall of the House Of von Kloberg", The Washington Post, July 31, 2005. American lobbyists American University alumni Suicides by jumping in Italy 1942 births 2005 deaths Rider University alumni People from New York City LGBT people from New York (state) 20th-century LGBT people