How many kids did Bernie Madoff have?
BERNIE Madoff, the fraudster behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in prison on April 14, 2021, at the age of 82.
Madoff, who was sentenced to 150 years in prison in June of 2009, committed fraud for around $65billion.
How many kids did Bernie Madoff have?
Bernie Madoff had two sons, Mark and Andrew Madoff, with his wife, Ruth Madoff.
Ruth and Bernie met in high school, graduating in 1958 and marrying the next year. While Ruth went to Queens College, Bernie attended Hofstra University.
Ruth eventually started working for Bernie's firm, after working for the stock market. While working for Bernie's firm, Ruth established the Madoff Charitable Foundation.
Their eldest son, Mark, was born in March 1964, and their youngest, Andrew, was born in April 1966.
Are Bernie Madoff's sons still alive?
Since Bernie's arrest and sentencing, both of his sons have passed away.
During a further investigation, both brothers were facing similar charges to their father.
Exactly two years after his father's arrest, Mark was found dead by an apparent suicide by hanging in his Manhattan apartment.
Andrew was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, but the disease went into remission.
A year after the death of his brother and two years after the sentencing of his father, Andrew's cancer returned in 2011.
After a three-year battle with the return of cancer, Andrew died in September 2014 while in treatment.
How did Madoff die?
Madoff reportedly died of natural causes, due to his advanced age.
Madoff had been experiencing ongoing health complications due to age for some time before his death.
While in prison in December 2013, Madoff suffered from a heart attack. It was also known that he suffered from end-stage renal disease as well.
End-stage renal disease is a disease in which there is a gradual loss of kidney function over a period of months to years.
In court documents filed by his lawyer in February 2020, Madoff was announced to be suffering from chronic kidney failure.
On January 4, 2023, a docuseries following the rise and fall of the infamous financier - Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street - is set to premiere on Netflix.