Personal Life
In 1940, he married Bernice Herstein. They had four children:
- Douglas Durst - the present chairman of the Durst Organization
- Robert Durst - Robert Durst was implicated in three separate murders, which are fictionalized in the 2010 movie All Good Things.
- Thomas Durst
- Wendy Durst Kreeger
His wife died in 1950 at age 32 by falling or jumping off the roof of their family mansion in Scarsdale. It was never determined if the death was an accident or a suicide. Their son Robert witnessed the event. Seymour Durst never remarried.
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