Bernie and Ruth Madoff tried to kill themselves, Ruth told CBS’s 60 Minutes this week. After Bernie told her he was running a giant Ponzi scheme, Ruth said, they swallowed pills on Christmas Eve in 2008. “We decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening,” said Ruth, 70. “We took the pills and woke up the next day. It was very impulsive, and I’m glad we woke up.”
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