Arthur Sackler, the son of Jewish immigrants, became a doctor and built up the pharmaceutical company. The book goes into detail about how the Sacklers made their fortune. Bobby Sackler was said to have suffered from mental illness and the family covered up his suicide. In 1975 their son Bobby Sackler, then 24, committed suicide by jumping out the window of their apartment building in Manhattan. Mother Muriel was forced to raise her kids alone. The publishers describe “Emprie of Pain” as a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by Ox圜ontin.Īmong the book’s revelations are the story of how father Mortimer Sackler was absent from his family and ran off to France with his lover. You can support us for as little as $1 via PayPal at you. It means we can continue to make Jewish Business News available to everyone. Your critical contribution enables us to maintain our independence from shareholders or wealthy owners, allowing us to keep up reporting without bias. Will you offer us a hand? Every gift, regardless of size, fuels our future.
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