Coroner: Death of Hard Rock hotel exec a suicide

LAS VEGAS

The Clark County coroner has ruled the death of top Hard Rock Hotel and Casino executive Andrew "Randy" Kwasniewski (kwas-NEW'-skee) was a suicide.

Coroner Mike Murphy said Wednesday that the 56-year-old chief operating officer died of a single self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Las Vegas police said officers responded just before 10 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a man dead of a gunshot wound at Kwasniewski's home in the upscale Summerlin neighborhood.

A family friend and spokesman, attorney David Chesnoff, expressed sorrow and asked for privacy on behalf of his wife and children.

The Hard Rock is owned by New York-based Morgans Hotel Group and an equity partner. It is separate from the restaurant chain of the same name.

Kwasniewski had been hotel president since October 2006.