Bernie Madoff's most recent mug shot (Image via mug shot) Bernie Madoff has reportedly died in prison at 82. It is believed to have been a death from natural causes, and he had been known to suffer from end-stage renal failure and possibly cancer.
The Ponzi schemer — his was the world's biggest such fraud, to the tune of $64.8 billion — and sociopath was probably one of the most hated men in America at the time of his passing.
Madoff defrauded about 4,800 Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities clients, and for every celebrity name — Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rue McClanahan, Elie Wiesel, Larry King — there were so many others who lost their life savings and, in many cases, every penny they had.