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Durst<p><b>Born:</b> c. <a href="/lists/912/000105597/" class=proflink>1913</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/026/000106705/" class=proflink>19-May</a>-<a href="/lists/505/000106187/" class=proflink>1995</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a> <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/328/000069121/" class=proflink>Stroke</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Business, <a href="/lists/465/000098171/" class=proflink>Philanthropist</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> New York real estate mogul<p>Erected the "National Debt Clock" in New York City in 1989.<p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] New York Hospital, New York City </font><p><b>Father:</b> Joseph Durst (d. 1974)<br><b>Brother:</b> Roy Durst<br><b>Brother:</b> David M. Durst<br><b>Sister:</b> Alma Durst Askin<br><b>Wife:</b> Bernice Herstein (m. 1940, d. 1950, fall)<br><b>Son:</b> Robert Durst<br><b>Son:</b> Douglas Durst<br><b>Son:</b> Thomas G. Durst<br><b>Daughter:</b> Wendy Durst Kreeger<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/270/000120907/">Horace Mann School (1931)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/515/000068311/">BA Accounting, University of Southern California (1935)</a><br><p> <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> 12-Apr-1995<br> <a href="/event/305/000071092/">Coma</a> Apr-1995<br> <a href="/lists/385/000047244/">Austrian Ancestry</a> Paternal<br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Holdouts!</i> (<tt>1984</tt>, nonfiction, with Andrew Alpern)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=168179" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>