Laszlo Toth damages Pietà

Laszlo Toth

Laszlo Toth (Hungarian: Tóth László; 1 July 1938 – 11 September 2012) was a Hungarian-born Australian geologist. He achieved worldwide notoriety when he vandalised Michelangelo's Pietà statue on 21 May 1972. Toth was not charged with any criminal offence after the incident. He was hospitalized in Italy for two years. On his release, he was immediately deported to Australia where he lived the rest of his life. Toth died in a nursing home in Strathfield, New South Wales on 11 September 2012.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo Toth