Robert Durst, real estate heir, dies at the age of 78

Robert Durst, the multimillionaire real estate heir who was serving a life sentence for murder in California and was the prime suspect in two other murders over the past four decades, died in prison at age 78, his lawyer’s office said on Monday.

The law office of Chip Lewis told Reuters he died of natural causes, while Lewis told the New York Times that Durst went into cardiac arrest and died at the San Joaquin General Hospital, where he had been taken for testing.

Durst had once been groomed to take over The Durst Organization, one of New York City’s premier real estate companies, but instead spent many of his formative years evading law enforcement and the last several years of life in jail.

_{(Source:Reuters)}