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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.htmlHedge fund executive, 56, who invested billions with Bernie Madoff, leaps to his death from 24th story of New York's luxury Sofitel hotel
Charles W. Murphy jumped to his death, landing on a fourth floor terrace
Witnesses said he was wearing a dark business suit
The 56-year-old plummeted 20 floors before coming to land on the terrace
Murphy used to be an executive with Fairfield Greenwich Group, who was Madoff's biggest feeder fund
By Kiri Blakeley For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:15 EDT, 27 March 2017 | Updated: 01:14 EDT, 28 March 2017
A hedge fund manager who lost billions of his clients' money to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme leaped to his death from the luxury Sofitel hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Charles W. Murphy, 56, was wearing a dark business suit say witnesses when he plunged to his death from the 24th floor of the 45 W. 44th St. building around 4:42pm on Monday.
He dropped 20 floors before hitting a fourth floor terrace, according to the NYPD. He died at he scene.
Murphy's former hedge fund had invested $7billion with Madoff said the New York Times.
Murphy was currently employed with Paulson & Co., a New York hedge fund.
Founder Paul Johnson released a statement Monday night saying 'We are extremely saddened by this news. Charles was an extremely gifted and brilliant man, a great partner and a true friend.'
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Murphy's hedge fund, Fairfield Greenwich, was Bernard L. Madoff's biggest feeder fund and lost $50billion for clients
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Married hedge fund executive, 56, who lost billions with Bernie Madoff, leaps to his death from the (Original Post)
Wash. state Desk Jet
Mar 2017
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longship
(40,416 posts)1. It's happened before.
Witness:
Too bad it didn't happen to those Wall Street bankers in 2007-2008.
JI7
(89,244 posts)2. but why would he do it now ?
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,578 posts)3. It's Paul Ryan's fault
The poor man just couldn't stand the failure of Trumpcare to pass.