<span style="color: #222222;">Disgraced US multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein has committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial on charges that he trafficked underage girls for sex. <br />''<br />''US Justice Department said that Epstein, a pedophile who befriended numerous politicians and celebrities over the years, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center from an apparent suicide. <br />''<br />''In a statement, the Department said that the accused was rushed to a hospital in New York where he was pronounced dead. It also added that the FBI is investigating the incident.<br />''<br />''<br />'' The city medical examiner's office confirmed Epstein's death but said nothing about what caused it. It said a medical investigation has been opened.</span>