Robert Durst died Monday. He was 78-years-old. The heir to a New York real estate empire, valued at over $8 billion was sentenced to life in prison in September 2021. He was found guilty of the 2000 death of his close friend Susan Berman.
Berman was a writer living in Beverley Hills, CA when she was murdered. She was the daughter of an infamous Las Vegas gangster. And had Mafia family ties to Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky.
He died at San Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton, CA. His attorney Chip Lewis said he was hospitalized for a heart attack. Shortly after his conviction, Durst tested positive for COVID. The eccentric accused killer was briefly placed on a ventilator. And Lewis noted that the virus worsened his client’s existing medical problems.
Durst was in jail for the execution-style murder of Berman, a life-long friend. And he was also implicated in the murder of his first wife Kathleen (Kathie) Durst, who disappeared in 1982. In November, the Westchester County District Attorney in New York indicted Durst for Kathie’s death.
