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Durst died in 2022 at the age of 78 due to complications of COVID-19 while incarcerated in San Joaquin County Jail. His death was ruled a homicide by the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner's Office, citing fentanyl toxicity as the cause. Durst was a convicted felon, having been found guilty of first-degree murder in 2021 for the 2002 killing of his friend Susan Berman.