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• Tony Toto and his wife, Frances, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, are celebrating 57 years of marriage, WFMZ-TV reported.
"We have been blessed that we had all these years," Tony said, noting "that one time when we had a rough time."
Yeah, that was the time in 1983 when Frances hired teenaged hitmen five times to kill Tony.
"I don't think I was thinking straight," Frances said. "It was like it was a love-hate kind of a thing."
Of course, the murder attempts weren't successful, and Frances and the young hitmen were arrested.
She spent four years in prison, but their love never wavered.
A feature film called "I Love You to Death" was made about their troubles, and they became minor celebrities, traveling to movie premieres and giving interviews.
Tony and Frances got counseling and committed to better communication, and decades later, have a long marriage to show for their efforts. [WFMZ, 2/14/2023]