Kevin Bell, 47 (pictured), committed suicide Wednesday by jumping out of a ninth-floor window in his apartment building

A father-of-two hedge fund executive committed suicide Wednesday morning by jumping out of his luxury Manhattan apartment building.

Kevin Bell jumped out of a ninth-floor window at the historic Anthorp Building on the Upper West Side around 7.20am, landing on some scaffolding set up in front of the building.

The 47-year-old Duke graduate was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sources told the New York Post that Bell left behind a note saying that he was depressed.

'The family is hysterical. He was under a lot of meds. He did not give a specific reason why he jumped, but he was depressed,' the source said.

He is survived by a wife Claudia and two daughters who were at home at the time of the incident.

A building worker said it was another tenant who spotted the body and informed staff.

'A couple of our residents reported hearing a thud,' the worker said. 'The daughter of a tenant looked out the window and she told her mother there was a man lying down on the scaffolding.'

Kevin Bell is seen above with his wife Claudia Bell in a Facebook photo

A building worker said it was another tenant who spotted the body and informed staff. Bell is seen above with his wife

Bell was a Duke graduate who worked as the head of credit risk at Arrowgrass Capital Partners

The Anthorp Building, where Bell lived, is on the National Register of Historic Places and counts Al Pacino, Sydney Poitier and Jennifer Hudson among its famous tenants

It was the mother that reported the body.

'He was bleeding,' the worker said. 'Some of the residents are pretty shaken up.'

Bell was a Duke graduate who worked as the head of credit risk at Arrowgrass Capital Partners.

The hedge fund manager reportedly left behind a note saying he was depressed. Above, the historic Anthorp Building where Bell lived

The father-of-two is seen above in a Facebook photo with his children

The hedge fund issued a statement on Wednesday, reading: 'We are deeply saddened that our friend and colleague Kevin Bell has passed away today. We extend our sympathies and condolences to his family.'

The Anthorp Building, where Bell lived, is on the National Register of Historic Places and counts Al Pacino, Sydney Poitier and Jennifer Hudson among its famous tenants.

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