NEW YORK -- Linda Pugach, who was blinded in 1959 when her lover hired hit men to throw lye in her face -- and later married him -- has died, her husband said Thursday. She was 75.
The crime was detailed in the 2007 documentary Crazy Love.Mrs. Pugach died Tuesday at the Long Island Jewish Hospital in Queens. The cause was heart failure, said her husband, Burton Pugach, who spent 14 years in prison for hiring thugs to attack Linda Riss after she spurned him.After his release, Pugach divorced his first wife and persuaded Riss to marry him in 1974. He proposed to her on live TV.Have more to add? News tip? Tell us
