The death of a man who claimed to be an heir to the Rothschild Banking -Dynasty was an accident, a coroner ruled.
William Alexander de Rothschild, 87, died in De Blaze on November 27 in his $ 1 million Laurel Canyon house.
His primary cause of death was mentioned as 'hypertensive cardiovascular disease' or heart disease, with 'inhalation of products from combustion' also mentioned, reports the Los Angeles Times.
He was positively identified with the help of DNA files on January 28, according to the office of the medical researcher.
The exact cause of the fire remains investigated by the police of Los Angeles and the fire brigade.
Buren said that Rothschild told them that he was a member of the prestigious European family with the same name, whose fortune is worth billions of dollars.
However, he did not appear anywhere on the official genealogical data of the legendary family and his brother has since identified him as William Alfred Kauffman.
Kauffman turned his name into a petition in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1985, according to records.
William Alexander de Rothschild, 87, died on November 27 in De Blaze in his $ 1 million Laurel Canyon house (depicted in his high school photo)
A coroner has ruled his death of a man who claimed an heir to the fortune of Rothschell D Banking was an accident
William Alexander de Rothschild, 87, died on November 27 in De Blaze at his $ 1 million Laurel Canyon house
In his application he said to court: “I want to take my last name that I prefer Kauffman, it would greatly simplify my life, take the name on my mother's side.”
The name change was granted and Kauffman became the Rothschild for the rest of his days.
Buren pointed to an extensive car collection of Jaguars and Ferraris as proof of the famous wealth of his family.
A man told The Times that Kauffman came off as 'trained' and 'very polite'.
“He wore himself as if I think a Rothschild would do,” said the neighbor. “The money is there, whether it is Rothschild money or not.”
However, the newspaper was unable to verify reports that he had donated classic cars to La's Petersen Automotive Museum.
His brother Richard Kauffman said he had lost contact with his brother or sister decades ago and believed that he was already dead.
“I had no communication with my brother,” said Kauffman. 'I was happy to know that he really did that [live] A long life.
Buren said he told that he was a member of the famous banking family and pointed to an extensive collection of classic cars as proof of his wealth
His primary cause of death was mentioned as 'hypertensive cardiovascular disease' or heart disease, with 'inhalation of products from combustion' also mentioned
'It would be nice if the fire was not the cause of death. I don't want anyone to experience death through fire. '
Kauffman was described by his neighbors as a hermit, whose only real passion in life was his car collection.
Court reports show that he was married to Margaux Mirkin in Nevada in 1999. Mirkin previously led her father's high-end rental car service.
Bizarre enough, neighbors said they knew Mirkin as Kauffman's cousin or sister – not his wife and her name is linked to a house along the Strait of Kauffman.
Kauffman's two bedrooms, 825 square foot house, meanwhile, in the meantime, has not tolerated the typical attributes of a Rothschild home, not even prior to the fire.
According to Zillow, one bathroom house is worth $ 1,076,000.
The Rothschild family built their fortune on that banks in Europe founded and is worth $ 1 billion.
