Ruth Madoff Dumping Bernie

She finally cuts it off after 52 years to reconcile with surviving son

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 15, 2011 1:42 AM CDT
Updated Aug 15, 2011 4:37 AM CDT

Copied

Ruth Madoff Dumping Bernie — Mark Madoff, 46, was found hanged last December in his Manhattan apartment on the second anniversary of his father's arrest. (AP Photo/Security Traders Association of New York, Kimberly Unger)

After 52 years of marriage, Bernard Madoff's wife is finally calling it quits. Ruth Madoff, 70, hasn't seen her 73-year-old hubby for more than 8 months, reports the Daily Mail. She's cutting ties with Madoff in an effort to reconcile with her remaining son, Andrew, and her late son's family, say sources. Son Mark committed suicide late last year on the second anniversary of his dad's arrest for massive fraud, and Ruth was turned away from his memorial by his distraught widow.

"Ruth has not seen Bernie since Mark's suicide, and I think the remnants of the family will now pull together," says Madoff biographer Diana Henriques. "Ruth visiting him in prison was a major impediment to her being reconciled with them." The two married in 1959. (More Ruth Madoff stories.)

Report an error