Jeffrey Epstein was 66 years old when he died on August 10, 2019. He was born Jeffrey Edward Epstein on January 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. His death was officially ruled a suicide by hanging while in federal pretrial detention at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Forensic pathologist Michael Baden, retained by Epstein’s family, contested the suicide determination and argued the injuries were more consistent with homicide by strangulation, though this conclusion has not been accepted by official authorities.