The surviving son of imprisoned-for-life Ponzi monster Bernie Madoff is facing a new battle with cancer on the eve of the double anniversary of his father’s arrest and his brokenhearted brother’s suicide, sources told The Post.
Andrew Madoff is “feeling that he does” have a recurrence of lymphoma, said a colleague of Andrew’s, citing the result of annual medical tests he has undergone since first being diagnosed with mantle-cell lymphoma in 2003.
Although further tests need to be done, Andrew, 46, expects them to confirm his sobering suspicions, the colleague said.
The yet more bad news for Andrew, who is still dealing with the legal fallout of his swindler father’s multibillion-dollar fraud at their Manhattan investment firm, comes right before tomorrow’s fourth anniversary of Bernie Madoff’s Dec. 11, 2008, arrest.
On that same date in 2010, Andrew’s older brother, Mark, hanged himself, at the age of 46, in his SoHo loft as his 2-year-old son slept in another room.
“This is just one of those awful occurrences in terms of timing,” said the colleague, speaking of Andrew’s likely lymphoma recurrence.
A spokeswoman for Andrew Madoff declined to comment. His lawyerdid not return a call seeking comment.
Andrew was CEO and chairman of the Lymphoma Research Foundation before his dad’s bust.