ICYMI: Man Who Jumped To Death From The Apthorp Was 'Depressed' Hedge Funder

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The man who jumped to his death Wednesday morning from an Upper West Side luxury condominium building was a "depressed" financial manager at a hedge fund, according to multiple reports.

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Kevin Bell, 47, died when he jumped from a ninth floor window around 7:3o a.m. in the Apthorp — located on Broadway between West 78th and West 79th streets — and landed on a scaffolding below the building, police sources told the New York Daily News and New York Post. Bell's body was discovered by his wife when she went to close the window from which he jumped and noticed her husband's body on the scaffolding, police told the Daily News.

The financial manager at hedge fund Arrowgrass Capital Partners reportedly had a history of depression and had been taking medication, the New York Post reported.

“We are deeply saddened that our friend and colleague Kevin Bell has passed away today. We extend our sympathies and condolences to his family,” and Arrowgrass spokesman told The Post in a statement.

Bell had left a suicide note behind for his family, according to both reports.

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