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   From: jwarner1@mchsi.com   
      
   awwwwwwwh shucks, what great news@!   
      
      
      
   "¦ Reality Check© ¦" wrote:   
      
   > Billionaire Madoff Investor Found Dead   
   > October 25, 2009, 4:39 pm   
   >   
   > Palm Beach billionaire Jeffry M. Picower, who is alleged to have made   
   > billions of dollars from Bernard L. Madoff's vast Ponzi scheme, was found   
   > dead at the bottom of his pool Sunday afternoon, according to the Palm Beach   
   > Post.   
   >   
   > Don Taylor, acting battalion chief for Palm Beach Fire Rescue, told the   
   > paper that Mr. Picower's wife and housekeeper called 911 at about noon on   
   > Sunday after finding him at the bottom of the pool.   
   >   
   > When rescue workers arrived at the home at 1410 South Ocean Blvd., Barbara   
   > Picower and the housekeeper had already pulled him from the water, but he   
   > was not breathing.   
   >   
   > "We had no pulse and he was not breathing on his own," Mr. Taylor said. "We   
   > worked on him to try and stabilize him as best we could." Palm Beach Police   
   > said in a press release that Picower was pronounced dead at 1:30. Officers   
   > are investigating the death as a drowning.   
   >   
   > Mr. Picower, 67, is the former New York lawyer and accountant who had   
   > billions of dollars tied up with Mr. Madoff's investment scheme. In May, the   
   > trustee in charge of liquidating the Madoff estate has sued Mr. Picower, his   
   > wife and their local Picower Foundation claiming they benefited from Mr.   
   > Madoff's Ponzi scheme for more than 20 years, earning more than $5 billion.   
      
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