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Doubleday The Sackler family "erased" the death of a family member struggling with addiction, according to a new book. The Sacklers are known for running Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin. A spokesperson for the descendants of Mortimer Sackler declined to comment on the death specifically. The billionaire Sackler family, who founded Purdue Pharma, "erased" the suicide of a family member struggling with drug addiction, according to a new book.  Robert Sackler — the son of Mortimer Sackler, who helped found Purdue Pharma alongside his brothers Arthur and Raym...

Sackler Family Secrets: New Book Reveals OxyContin Heirs’ Self-Pitying Emails Tarpley Hitt © Provided by The Daily Beast David L. Ryan/Getty A new book on the Sackler family—the secretive billionaires who kept America in steady supply of OxyContin—contains private emails that show the heirs complaining about how hard their lives were as they tried to downplay and shift blame for the deadly opioid crisis that left nearly half a million Americans dead. The messages, along with other revelations in Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, shed light on how the Sacklers s...