On January 4, 1964, Eva Gabor and Richard Brown were robbed and beaten in their hotel room in Miami by Jack Murphy (Murf the Surf) and Allan Kuhn. The pair were attacked shortly after midnight as they entered their room. The couple were tied up using a chord from a blind and an electrical chord. The thieves hit Eva several times and pistol whipped her. Richard was forced to retrieve a $25K diamond ring from the safe while Eva was held in the room. Eva was taken the a Miami hospital with several bruises, a bleeding ear (from an earring being ripped out), and a cerebral concussion.
Newspaper reports from the time can be found at https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19640104.2.8 and https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19640104.2.8
Vanity Fair has a very nice article regarding this crime and several others committed by the attackers, including a heist at the American Museum of Natural History on October 29, 1964.
Two weeks later, on January 16, 1964, Eva appears on Password, where the attack is momentarily mentioned.
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