OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — 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 Township, N.J, confirmed Sunday that Antar died Saturday.

The Crazy Eddie chain was known for its ads featuring a maniacal pitchman who touted “Our prices are insane!”

Antar, who fled to Israel and was extradited in 1993, eventually pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and served a prison term.