The sins of the fathers

Remember how Bernie Madoff expressed no regrets for his crimes, except that his family was suffering? http://gawker.com/5318491/bernie-madoffs-only-regret

Mark was a shadow of his father. He worked for his firm. He was hounded constantly by the press and the legal system over what his father did. In fact, some legal authorities actually believed Mark not only knew what his father did, but helped him. The bad publicity and constant hounding got the best of him, and he decided he had enough.

@BroadwayBK I am sure he now must be cursing himself for having been the cause of his son's suicide. As a parent you don't expect to outlive your offspring and in most cases I believe that the death of child can be pretty devastating

This story keeps getting sadder and sadder. Between this and the Edwards saga, American family stories can be so depressing!

I don't feel sorry for either of them.

I wonder if Bernie Madoff's regrets were sincere.

@hhusted granted Madoff is a crook but I am sure he regrets his actions now.

@ajadedidealist as for Edwards.. typical of a politician isnt it?

@uptowngirl No..he doesn't. Except that it hurt his wife, apparently. He didn't express any other regrets.

I feel sorry for his kids. The wife always knows what she is marrying and puts up with it, but the kids get born into the sins of their parents and it's sad that this man's entire life was overshadowed by his father.

There comes a time when adults become responsible for their own actions in spite of what they were raised around, though.

Agreed, BroadwayBK. But apparently it isn't easy carrying the Madoff name, so difficult in fact that the son no longer feels he can live with the pressure. Very sad indeed.

I lived in Germany and met a couple of people whose family names were the likes of Goebbels, etc. Many people in those families change their names because having war criminals in the family is an impossible burden, even a couple of generations down the line.

From what I understand little Madoff was working with big Madoff?

@BroadwayBK Both the Madoff offspring worked with the father,in fact if I am not mistaken they were the ones who reported him and they claimed that they had no idea what he was up to.

@Everyone I recently saw a documentary on Madoff behind bars apparently the prison that he is in is like a old people's home where he has privileges like TV time. He is apparently obsessed with his own news coverage and watches news features that mention him religiously. He sound like one narcissistic oaf.

@uptowngirl Really? They reported him?

@BroadwayBK Yup they were trying to show that he was leading an easy life behind bars as well.

@uptowngirl Wow! I can't think of anything sadder than Madoff rotting away in front of a TV, obsessed that much with himself till the very end.

@Uraniumfish pathetic isn't it?

Madoff always thought of himself as the king of the jungle. Just because he was making millions of dollars, he thought he was untouchable. Well, look at him now. And guess what, the feds were after Mark because they suspected he was in on the scheme. They claim they had proof. When Mark found this out, he did not want to end up behind bars like his father, so he killed himself.