KLUB 106.9 The Rock » diana henriques http://1069therock.com The Best Classic Rock & The Best New Rock Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bernie Madoff's Wife of 52 Years, Ruth, Abandons Him to Fix Relationship with Their Son http://1069therock.com/bernie-madoffs-wife-of-52-years-ruth-abandons-him-to-fix-relationship-with-their-son/ http://1069therock.com/bernie-madoffs-wife-of-52-years-ruth-abandons-him-to-fix-relationship-with-their-son/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:00:49 +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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