Owner of Face-Mauling Chimp Dies of a Broken Heart Maureen O'Connor · 05/25/10 12:50PM Sandy Herold, owner of a 200-lb. chimp that mauled and blinded her friend last year, has died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. "Her heart, which had been broken so many times before, could take no more," said her lawyer. [AP]