It could have been that he was a selfish person who did the most selfish thing and ducked out before he had to deal with the consequences of his actions.

The files are a big deal. He knew the gig was over, too high profile to hang out with Bill Gates, considers himself too good for anything else and he offed himself.

... and while I'd like to believe that, they fucking erased the tapes and had guards go off shift during that time, I mean, it's straight out of the Kremlin playbook. An obvious accident.

They could have at least gone with the American playbook and just gave him a heart attack.