Autopsy inconclusive in LRG designer's death

(CBS/AP) An autopsy Wednesday failed to determine how Jonas Bevacqua, a fashion designer and entrepreneur who helped co-found the popular hip hop-oriented LRG brand, died at his Southern California home.

Bevacqua, 33, was found dead Tuesday at his house in Laguna Beach. Authorities have ruled out homicide, and there was no immediate indication Bevacqua was suffering from a medical condition, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. 

County medical officials are now waiting for results from toxicological and other tests, which could take six to eight weeks to come back.

Bevacqua and his partner, Robert Wright, founded Lifted Research Group, known to patrons as LRG, in 1999 with start-up capital raised in part from friends of Bevacqua's father.

The company has grown to become a major supplier of popular street fashions connected to surfing, skateboarding and hip hop. The brand cites Kobe Bryant, Kanye West and Quentin Tarantino as among numerous celebrities who wear its clothes.

"Jonas was a star who burned brightly in the sky and who is gone far too soon," LRG said in a statement posted on its web site. "There is a hole in our hearts that will never be filled. He will always be loved and missed by his friends, family, and all those he inspired."