Wojtowicz, who was bisexual married his first wife, Carmen Bifulco, in 1967. Elizabeth Debbie Eden (August 19, 1946 – September 29, 1987) was an American trans woman whose husband John Wojtowicz attempted a bank robbery to pay for her sex reassignment surgery.The incident was made into the crime drama film Dog Day Afternoon (), directed by Sidney Lumet. "John was to me a bad, crazy individual, but the thing I liked about him was that he got heart," says George Heath, a former prisoner - and Wojtowicz's third "wife". Wojtowicz and Eden were married on December 4, 1971. The character Leon Shermer, played by Chris Sarandon, is loosely based on Eden. Born Ernest Aron, Eden wore women's clothing when he ''married'' John Wojtowicz, 42, of Brooklyn, in 1971. In August 1972, despondent over … Elizabeth Debbie Eden (born Ernest Aron; August 19, 1946 September 29, 1987) was an American transsexual woman whose boyfriend John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a bank to pay for her sex reassignment surgery. They had two children, and separated in 1969. Elizabeth Debbie Eden, born Ernest Aron, was a trans woman made notorious by her boyfriend John Wojtowicz, who attempted a bank robbery to pay for her sex reassignment surgery. On December 4, 1971 they "married" in a Roman Catholic ceremony. The incident was made into the 1975 … He was released in April, he said, and Eden visited him in New York about once a month. Eden longed for gender-reassignment surgery, an idea Wojtowicz originally opposed until Eden was hospitalized after a … He separated from his wife in 1969 and joined the Gay Activist Alliance in addition to taking up with a string of male lovers. Elizabeth Eden was born on August 19, 1946, in Ozone Park, Queens. In 1971, he met Ernie Aron, who identified as female and went by the name Liz Eden. After he and his wife Carmen separated, he began a relationship with Ernest Aron (later Elizabeth Debbie Eden), a prospective male-to-female transsexual. That same year, the pair “married” in an unofficial ceremony (an official one wasn’t possible at the time). Wojtowicz met pre-operative transexual Elizabeth Eden (then known as Ernest Aron) in 1971 at an Italian Feast in New York City. The marriage was not valid as Wojtowicz was still legally married to Carmen, and Aron was biologically male. During the standoff, it was broadcast on the news that John's motive was to get the money for the sex reassignment surgery for his male lover Ernest Aron (Elizabeth Debbie Eden), he'd married in an 1971 illegal (as John was still married to his first wife) and unsanctioned church ceremony. Wojtowicz did two more stretches in prison for parole violations in 1984 and 1986-87. The incident was made into the crime drama film Dog Day Afternoon (1975), directed by Sidney Lumet. Larry C. Morris/The New York Times John Wojtowicz held up a bank in 1972 to pay for his lover’s sex-change operation, the drama behind the film “Dog Day Afternoon.” Retro City Revisiting a widely publicized bank robbery and siege in Brooklyn on Aug. 22, 1972. After being discharged from the service in 1967 and quickly marrying Bifulco, John Wojtowicz couldn’t live a lie for long. In 1971, he met Ernie Aron, who identified as female and went by the name Liz Eden. Subscribers Are Reading

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