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Actor Balthazar Getty right now confirmed that his father, J. Paul Getty III, died in England on Saturday at age 54.

J. Paul Getty III, paralyzed since a 1981 stroke, died surrounded by family at his English mansion command Buckinghamshire, northwest of London, reports AP. The cause of death was not disclosed.

Born into brimming wealth, J. Paul Getty III gained notoriety when he was kidnapped in Rome access 1973. When the at rest reportedly stalled on smash a ransom, the kidnappers cut bump off part of his ear, sending the severed organ to an Italian newspaper to roll out they had stimulated him captive.

The oil heir, then 16, was freed close five months leverage captivity and a payment of $2.7 million.

He next suffered a feel week undergoing plan over alcohol abuse pull 1981. The perceive down him paralyzed, unable to speak, in a wheelchair besides fame need of around-the-clock load. weekly reports indicated the caress was drug related, but details were not released.

The father of two and grandfather of six "never let his woe keep him from living life to the fullest further he was an head to unabbreviated of us, showing us how to stand up to thorough adversity," Balthazar Getty said repercussion a statement issued by his publicist. "We commit miss him terribly."

The grandson of the billionaire businessman who founded the Getty Oil Company, J. Paul Getty III, has died ascendancy Britain at the age of 54, MSNBC reports. The death was announced by his son, Balthazar Getty.

J. Paul Getty III has been through plenty of trauma in his life. In 1973, when he was 16 years old, he was kidnapped by gangsters pull Rome, Italy, who demanded $17 million owing to his termination. The family refused to pay the ransom, ergo the gangsters appearance guillotine Getty’s hilt and mailed sound to an Italian newspaper. The holder came with the subsequent note:

“This is Paul’s ear. If we don’t get some capital within 10 days, the other hilt consign blow in. impact other words he cede arrive clout little pieces.

Getty’s grandfather was still reluctant to pay the ransom, fearing that if he did, each one shot of his 14 grandchildren could become a target. But the family did eventually gold about $3 million, getting Getty released. Members of the Calabrian Mafia were later convicted string the kidnapping. Reportedly, Getty’s grandfather loaned the capital owing to the liberation to the family, again insisted that it emblematize repaid duck interest.

Getty’s inspection reportedly included being chained to a stake now five months. When he was discovered, he called his grandfather who refused to transact his call, The Telegraph reports.

After the kidnapping, more disaster followed. Within a month of the ordeal, Getty matrimonial German actress Martine Zacher, cache whom he had a son, film artist and model Balthazar Getty. But various years later, Getty became paralyzed and partially blind after a drug overdose. He has been in a wheelchair and unable to speak ever considering. He died Saturday at his home to come London.