Son of LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling found dead in Malibu

11:22 AM, Jan 2, 2013   |    comments
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling (right) and wife Shelly Sterling attend the game against the Atlanta Hawks at the Staples Center. (Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports)
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MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - The son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been found dead of a possible drug overdose in Malibu.

Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Larry Dietz says 32-year-old Scott Ashley Sterling was found dead shortly after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Pacific Coast Highway.

A county Sheriff's Department statement confirms that Sterling is the son of the Clippers owner.

Dietz says the death appears to be accidental and it's being investigated as a possible drug overdose. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.

Messages left for Sterling and a Clippers representative weren't immediately returned.

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