Photo: Robert Durst CDCR.jpg:California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; derivative work: Berita / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
I want to be clear: Robert Durst earns a place in this database as a cautionary figure, not a celebrity to admire. What disturbs me most about his story is how wealth functioned as armor — a real-estate heir who drifted through decades of suspicion over his wife's disappearance and two killings, shielded by money, lawyers, and an unsettling charisma. That he was ultimately undone partly by his own words in a documentary feels almost literary. His life is a case study in privilege, impunity, and the slow, imperfect machinery of justice, and that is precisely why it remains worth examining.
Overview
Robert Alan Durst (April 12, 1943 – January 10, 2022) was an American convicted murderer, suspected serial killer and real estate heir. The eldest son of New York City real estate magnate Seymour Durst, he garnered attention as a suspect in the unsolved 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen "Kathie" McCormack; the 2000 murder of his longtime friend, Susan Berman; and the 2001 killing of neighbor Morris Black…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Durst
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・ダースト
- Reading
- ろばーと・だーすと
- Born
- April 12, 1943 – January 10, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- businessperson / murderer / merchant
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Scarsdale High School
- University
- Lehigh University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Durst
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.