Personal Life
Although Forstmann never married, he adopted two boys in the 1990s after meeting them at an orphanage in South Africa: Everest and Siya. From 1994–1995, Forstmann was involved with Princess Diana. Between 1999 to 2000, Forstmann was rumored to be dating Tracy Richman and Elizabeth Hurley. In 2008, he dated Allison Giannini, a 38 year old actress who was in Mission Impossible III. Finally, from 2009 until his death, Forstmann was known to be dating Padma Lakshmi, the 38 year old Indian-American host and judge of Top Chef.
During Lakshmi and Forstmann's time together, Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl, Krishna Thea Lakshmi. At first, Lakshmi was unclear as to the identity of the father. It was later revealed that Adam Dell was the father, but Forstmann was involved with raising the girl, and left her a trust fund.
Forstmann was Roman Catholic.
In December 2006, newspaper reports on the inquiry into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales alleged that U.S. intelligence agencies had bugged Forstmann's phone or plane and monitored his relationship with Diana. She and her sons were said to have planned to visit him in summer 1997, but British security reportedly blocked the visit over security concerns related to the bugging.
In May 2011, Forstmann was diagnosed with brain cancer and received treatment at the Mayo Clinic. Forstmann died on November 20, 2011 due to complications from brain cancer. He had a net worth of US$1.6 billion as of 2011.
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