The Los Angeles Times has the obituary of Jack Murphy (aka Murph the surf) a thief who in 1964 stole the Star of India from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Murphy is best known for a daring heist in 1964 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he and other thieves used a bathroom window they had unlocked earlier to steal the famed Star of India sapphire — bigger than a golf ball — along with other precious gems.
Murphy was arrested a few days later and spent two years in prison for the heist. The New York Times has a long article from 2019 about the robbery which has a number of pictures.
Murphy was a champion surfer before the heist and owned a surf shop in Florida.
