After his release, Pugach divorced his first wife and convinced Riss to marry him in 1974.

WSJ: Linda Pugach, blinded in infamous NYC crime, dies

Heading the current team, for example, are two men referred to universally as Charb and Riss, even though everyone knows their real names.

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The cause was heart failure, said her husband, Burton Pugach, who spent 14 years in prison for hiring the thugs to attack his then-girlfriend Linda Riss after she spurned him.

WSJ: Linda Pugach, blinded in infamous NYC crime, dies