Bernie Madoff's Son Kills Himself

Mark Madoff, son of infamous Bernie Madoff, is dead at the age of 46, on the exact two-year anniversary of his father's arrest.

Madoff’s eldest son Mark hanged himself Saturday by a dog leash on a metal ceiling beam in his Manhattan loft apartment. The death was officially ruled a suicide by hanging Sunday by the city medical examiner.

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Bernie Madoff says he's not attending the funeral because he wants to protect his family's privacy, but the New York Post noted that it's against the prison's rules to let an inmate leave for a funeral, even of an immediate family member, unless the prisoner has two years or less left on their term.
I feel like Bernie said what he said for some good PR, which is a sad thought, but a true one. I think this serves as a cruel lesson to show that a life of deception and greed is not worth living, and that you can ruin your entire family by doing so; not just yourself.