Terry Perkins, one of the ringleaders of the £14m Hatton Garden raid, has died in prison.
The other three ringleaders - John 'Kenny' Collins, 77, Daniel Jones, 63, and Brian Reader, 78 - are also behind bars.
Collins and Jones are each serving seven-year sentences, while Reader is serving six years and three months, for their roles in the raid.
The gang ransacked 73 boxes at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, using a drill to bore a hole into the vault's wall.
An estimated £13.69 million of gold, cash and gems were stolen.
Although the exact value of the stolen goods has fluctuated throughout court proceedings, police have only recovered around £4.3m worth.
Some £3.65m of the loot has been identified and will be returned to its rightful owners, but the rest cannot be claimed by any of the victims.
Jewellery worth an estimated £690,000 will be sold off at a public auction, with the proceeds going to victims.
Later this year, Perkins was due to face trial for another raid, in which £1m in goods was stolen from Chatila jewellers in
Old Bond Street on the 2010 August bank holiday weekend.
In April 1983, he was part of a gang of masked robbers who made off with £6m after an armed raid on the headquarters of Security Express, on Curtain Road, in Shoreditch.
Perkins was jailed for 22 years in 1985 at the Old Bailey, where he was described as "evil and ruthless".
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The 69-year-old, who was serving a seven-year sentence for his role in the notorious Easter 2015 burglary, died from natural causes at Belmarsh Prison on Monday, a prison service spokesman said.
"As with all deaths in custody, there will be an independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman," he added.
Perkins' death comes just days after he and the other three ringleaders of the raid on the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit were told they must pay back £27.5m - based on their available assets - or serve another seven years in jail each.
Last week, his lawyer said Perkins had been diagnosed with "severe heart failure".
He said he would have to sell his £72,000 flat in Portugal, but would serve the default sentence, as he had "no prospect of any further funds" to pay his £6,526,571 share.
Collins and Jones are each serving seven-year sentences, while Reader is serving six years and three months, for their roles in the raid.
The gang ransacked 73 boxes at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, using a drill to bore a hole into the vault's wall.
Although the exact value of the stolen goods has fluctuated throughout court proceedings, police have only recovered around £4.3m worth.
Some £3.65m of the loot has been identified and will be returned to its rightful owners, but the rest cannot be claimed by any of the victims.
Jewellery worth an estimated £690,000 will be sold off at a public auction, with the proceeds going to victims.
Later this year, Perkins was due to face trial for another raid, in which £1m in goods was stolen from Chatila jewellers in
Old Bond Street on the 2010 August bank holiday weekend.
In April 1983, he was part of a gang of masked robbers who made off with £6m after an armed raid on the headquarters of Security Express, on Curtain Road, in Shoreditch.
Perkins was jailed for 22 years in 1985 at the Old Bailey, where he was described as "evil and ruthless".
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