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"Epstein didn't kill himself" is a phrase expressing disbelief in the official ruling on the cause of the death of Jeffrey Epstein, which concluded a suicide by hanging. Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender with connections to powerful and wealthy people, and his reported suicide led to numerous hypotheses about the nature and cause of his death. The phrase became a colloquialism as well as an internet meme, gaining traction in November 2019 as more of the circumstances around his death became public. Within this context, usage generally implies belief that the true cause of his death was homicide, especially by strangulation, although it does not imply that the speaker holds any specific hypothesis as to the circumstances or perpetrators. However, Epstein's death are related to several specific conspiracy theories, such as those which hold that the killing was arranged by Hillary Clinton to prevent him from revealing any compromising information.