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Burt Pugach, Protagonist of a Strange Tabloid Love Story, Dies at 93 In 1959, he had his lover blinded. When he got out of prison, he married her. He called their relationship “a storybook romance.” Burt and Linda Pugach in 1997 at Queens Criminal Court, where he was on trial for threatening a woman with whom he was having an affair. Before he and Ms. Pugach married, he had served 14 years in prison for making similar threats against her.Credit.Emile Wamsteker/Associated Press April 14, 2021 In an incongruously serene finale to a half-century of making lurid headlines he hired thugs to blind the lover who had spurned him, served 14 years in prison for arranging the assault, married her after he was released, cheated on her with a younger mistress and was forgiven yet again Burt Pugach died inconspicuously four months ago in Queens. ....
In New York City, they were the Buttafuocos before the Buttafuocos. And this week, Burt was back in the news. Quite a turn given he died in December 2020 at 93 years old ending a long, colourful ride on the planet. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Never heard of him or her? Sit back and savour. Burt Pugach was a married Bronx lawyer and he was pretty good at it. He had dough, drove a powder-blue Cadillac, knew people. Sometime in 1957 he met a pretty Elizabeth Taylor lookalike named Linda Riss working at an air conditioning store in the Bronx. She was 22 at the time. ....
Publicity Veterans Lori Burns, Emmy Chang Join The Lede Company (EXCLUSIVE) Matt Donnelly, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Two veteran entertainment publicity and strategy veterans, Lori Burns and Emmy Chang, have joined public relations and consulting firm The Lede Company. Burns joins from her post as senior vice president of publicity at STX Films. Chang joins from Warner Bros. Pictures, where she served as director of global publicity and awards. More from Variety “Lori and Emmy have the experience and the drive to deliver outstanding results for our clients. They are admired by their peers and have established excellent relationships across the industry. We are thrilled to have them at our side as we grow the company,” said Liz Biber, Lede partner and head of content. ....