Son of Billionaire, Andrew Burkle Dead at 27

Andrew Burkle, son of billionaire investor Ronald Burkle has been found dead in his Beverly Hills house, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter.

"'It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we announce the death of Andrew C. Burkle on January 6, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California," the Burkle family said in a statement to People magazine, which first reported his death.

The statement, which gave no cause of death, requested "that the privacy of the family be respected during this difficult time."

Andrew Burkle, the youngest of three children for Burkle and mother Janet Duitson, has an associate producer credit for the 2019 feature comedy Airplane Mode, according to IMDB.

He was apparently found dead in his Los Angeles home at around 7:26 p.m. on Monday night, a spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police Department told People.

Ronald Burkle runs the Los Angeles-based private equity firm Yucaipa Companies, which invested in the failed entertainment firm Relativity Media and was a partner in the original consortium looking to buy Harvey Weinstein's former company, The Weinstein Company.