101.5 KNUE Country Radio » bernie madoff http://knue.com Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bernie Madoff and Wife Ruth Attempted Suicide on Christmas Eve [VIDEO] http://knue.com/bernie-madoff-wife-ruth-suicide-video/ http://knue.com/bernie-madoff-wife-ruth-suicide-video/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:00:49 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=56951 In the first interview she has given about her husband’s crimes, Ruth Madoff told CBS that she and Bernie Madoff attempted to commit suicide during the wave of public outrage following her husband’s arrest.

]]> http://knue.com/bernie-madoff-wife-ruth-suicide-video/feed/ 0 Stephen Chernin, Getty Images / CBS Bernie Madoff's Wife of 52 Years, Ruth, Abandons Him to Fix Relationship with Their Son http://knue.com/bernie-madoffs-wife-of-52-years-ruth-abandons-him-to-fix-relationship-with-their-son/ http://knue.com/bernie-madoffs-wife-of-52-years-ruth-abandons-him-to-fix-relationship-with-their-son/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:00:49 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=36376 Ruth Madoff, 70, who stood by her husband Bernie after he was convicted in 2008 of bilking his clients out of $65 billion in a 20-year Ponzi-scheme, has now reportedly abandoned her marriage of five decades, although it’s unclear if she plans to seek a divorce.

Her initial devotion to her husband cost her a relationship with their two sons, Mark and Andrew. Ruth stopped visiting Bernie in prison after Mark committed suicide in December of 2010, and she now wants to patch things up with her only remaining child.

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