Robert Durst
Robert Durst, a New York real estate heir, died on January 10, 2022, at 78, at a hospital near Stockton, California, while in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department said he died of natural causes. His attorney, Chip Lewis, linked the death to health problems, including bladder cancer, that had been reported to the court in the preceding years, and said he had been placed on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19. His brother Douglas Durst said in a statement that he "lived a sad, painful and tragic life," and he was survived by his second wife, Debrah Charatan.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Durst died of natural causes, and his attorney Chip Lewis attributed the death to a number of health issues, including COVID-19 complications.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); his attorney Chip Lewis (family or their lawyers).