NY Post's Madoff Cancer Story "Innacurate", Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer, Isn't Dying: Prison Official

This morning the NY Post declared that Bernie Madoff had cancer (headline: Bernie's Cancer Cell: Madoff Dying-- Unless He Can Cheat Death, Too). But a US Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman is now saying that this is not so: "While the NY Post story is full of inaccuracies, and we can't specifically address all of them, we can tell you that Bernie Madoff is not terminally ill, and has not been diagnosed with cancer."

The Post reported that Madoff had been telling other inmates he was dying:

"He's been taking about 20 pills a day for his cancer," said one inmate.

"He talks about it all the time. He's not doing very well."

There's been much speculation as to why Madoff took the entire fall for the scheme -- and rumors of his suffering from pancreatic cancer surfaced many months before he arrived at the Butner, NC, complex in June.

Comments

[ArthurTwoShedsJackson]

This story could easily have come from The Onion:

"MADOFF DEVASTATED BY NEWS HE DOES NOT HAVE CANCER"

Sorry Bernie, you'll have to do the time!

[AUNT KITTY]

What a pathetic individual. But wouldn't the rules of Karma suggest that since he falsely claimed to have cancer, he should now actually get it? I wouldn't wish that on ANYONE, but you can't cheat Karma!!!

[NoSillyName]

Well, does he or doesn't he? I'll bet some people really want to know.

[gpeach36]

Many people have di ed in pri son wtih can cer and ot her disea ses. He did the cr ime, now he mus t do the t ime

[VPN]

Madeoff and those like him ARE a cancer on society glad he is out of circulation.

[SLEdwin]

I'm predicting he'll soon have anal cancer.

[StopMakingSense2]

Good now he can rot in prison longer. Too bad it's at our expense.

[jer9848]

You can cheat people but ya can"t cheat death.

[rocketman19]

he's punking out, wonder who his boyfriends going to be.

[obamaelection]

obama reappoints Bernanke 'the beagle' Ben

yay another example of no change. voters were deceived. No change.

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[dontomas]

Did you think you were on the Bernanke story because you saw the name Bernie?

[quasar]

Wrong again. He doesn't HAVE cancer. He IS cancer.

[yodaveg]

However, they will continue to try to give it to him.

[CoyoteMan]

Why lie to other inmates that you have terminal cancer?
An attempt to get out of his sentence?
Geez who knows but Bernie is keeping himself in the public eye for some reason.

[smiles123]

A psychopath trying to improve his public image.

[texaz3step]

There goes his "Get Out Of Jail Free Card"

[factotem]

It's never too late for cancer. Even in jail.
Ask Jack Ruby