Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who served alongside then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the time of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and later spent years in prison on federal tax fraud charges, died at the age of 69.

The New York Police Department confirmed his death Thursday on social media.

FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X that Kerik died "after a private battle with illness." No further information regarding the circumstances of Kerik's death was immediately available.

"We mourn the loss of Bernard B. Kerik, a warrior, a patriot, and one of the most courageous public servants this country has ever known...With over forty years of service in law enforcement and national security, he dedicated his life to protecting the American people," Patel said in the post. "Bernie led wi

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