article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Andrew Getty, the 47-year-old grandson of J. Paul Getty, died Tuesday afternoon in his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement from his mother and father.
article_snippet.sent: Ann and Gordon Getty also "requested that members of the media and the public respect (the family's) privacy during this extremely difficult time," a statement from his mother and father added.
article_snippet.sent: Gordon Getty's death "appears to be natural (causes) or an accident," Ed Winter, assistant chief in the Los Angeles County coroner's office, told CNN affiliate KTLA Tuesday night.
article_snippet.sent: Some medication had also been recovered from Gordon Getty's home, though investigators don't know if Gordon Getty was currently taking it or what his medical history was, Winter said.
article_snippet.sent: William Hayes was at the home where Gordon Getty died and is cooperating with investigators, Los Angeles Police Department Capt.
article_snippet.sent: KTLA reported that Gordon Getty was found on William Hayes side near a bathroom in William Hayes home.
article_snippet.sent: Where the Getty family fortune came from .
article_snippet.sent: Gordon Getty is one of three sons of J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon who was thought to be the richest man in the world at the time of Gordon Getty death in 1976.
article_snippet.sent: Gordon Getty, 81, has a net worth of $2.1 billion, according to Forbes.
article_snippet.sent: Court records show Gordon Getty had recently filed to get a restraining order against a woman.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's attempt to reach Gordon Getty's attorney was not immediately successful.
highlights_snippet.sent: Getty's death appears to be natural causes or accident, coroner's office says .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mother and father of Andrew Getty confirm death, asks for privacy .