Eddie Antar, the founder of the Crazy Eddie electronics retail chain known for its hugely popular TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s, and later brought down by a massive fraud scheme, died Saturday at the age of 68. For nearly two decades, the Crazy Eddie chain blanketed the New York area with TV and radio commercials. He also described the Crazy Eddie fraud in detail on his WhiteCollarFraud.com, calling it an "18-year crime spree conducted in the light of day." Herb Greenberg, the managing partner with Pacific Square Research, said in a tweet Sunday that Eddie Antar's death marked "the end of an era." End of an era: Crazy Eddie ex-employee pages buzzing about the death of Eddie Antar.

Source: CNN September 11, 2016 23:00 UTC