An heir to the prominent Rothschild family has died after a house fire broke out at the Laurel Canyon house. William Rothschild's body was found in the $1 million home in Los Angeles on Friday. The Rothschilds are a prominent Jewish family who emigrated from Germany and had long been staples in the banking world most notably during the 18th and 19th centuries.

A reclusive member of the famous Rothschild family died in a fire in Laurel Canyon, in the Hollywood Hills, on November 27. The Rothschild family is a European banking dynasty that became one of the most powerful and wealthy families in modern history.

A MEMBER of the famous Rothschild family has died in a house fire in the Hollywood Hills, say shocked neighbors. Reclusive millionaire Will Rothschild is believed to have lived in the $1million

A reclusive member of the wealthy Rothschild family was killed on Wednesday in a fire that devastated his Hollywood Hills home. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the fire Wednesday afternoon,

Fire crews discovered a man’s body inside the Hollywood Hills home after they were called to battle the blaze just after 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

After extinguishing the flames, the firefighters found a dead man inside. The man's cause of death is being reviewed.