Saudi billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi dies aged 82

Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, a billionaire businessman known for his lavish lifestyle, has died in London at the age of 82 on Tuesday, according to a family statement.

"It is with deep sadness that the Khashoggi family must announce that our beloved father Adnan Khashoggi, aged 82, died peacefully today in London while being treated for Parkinson's disease," the family said.

"He lived his last days surrounded by his devoted family, children and grandchildren, with the same elegance, strength and dignity that characterised his remarkable life. He is survived by his wife Lamia.

Mr Khashoggi became one of the world's richest men in the 1970s and '80s by brokering international arms deals. At the peak of his wealth in the 1970s, Mr Khashoggi was estimated to be worth £2.4 billion.

He most famously brokered arms deals between US firms and Saudi Arabia in the 1960s and 70s.

Mr Khashoggi, whose late sister Samira was married to former Harrods chief Mohamed Al Fayed, was an uncle of Princess Diana's final love, Dodi Fayed.