Her Love Was Literally Blind in this Bronx Fairytale

Just a Couple of Crazy Lovers

In 2007, a documentary called Crazy Love, about Burt and Linda Pugach, came out in theaters in New York City. On the night of the premiere, the star couple was at home, getting ready and waiting for the limo to pick them up from their one-bedroom apartment in Queens.

Burt and Linda Pugach attend the film premiere.

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80-year-old Burt was crawling around, looking for his cellphone, while his blind, 70-year-old wife Linda was shouting at him, “Burt! You have to dress! Now do it!” He groaned back: “Whaddya mean?!” The old bickering couple fit right in in Queens. But their story is anything but normal. A reporter from The Washington Post stood there, taking it all in.

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