The Crazy Eddie brand was born when Eddie Antar opened an electronics store in Brooklyn in the 1970s and became known as “that crazy guy” who offered insanely low discounts. Federal prosecutors later ...

Eddie Antar—better known as "Crazy Eddie," the founder of the now-bankrupt electronics chain known for their hyperactive TV commercials—has died. He was 68. Antar, who gained his moniker thanks to his ...

Founded by Eddie Antar, Crazy Eddie was a chain of consumer electronic stores in the Northeast. After going public in the 1980s, the stock became nearly a 10-bagger before investigators found it to be ...

For anyone living in the New York metropolitan area throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Crazy Eddie was inescapable. A chain of electronics stores that eventually spread to 43 locations across four states ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Eddie Antar, the man behind the now-defunct "Crazy Eddie" chain of stores, died Saturday at the age of 68. His family has not disclosed the cause of his death. In 1984, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The man who turned ...

The man who turned the "Crazy Eddie" electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. Eddie Antar was 68. The Bloomfield-Cooper funeral home in Ocean ...