Has two daughters with Ex-husband, George Lutz: Noel Lutz and Gabrielle Lutz.
The book (and subsequently the movie) "The Amityville Horror" were based on her and her husband George's claimed paranormal experiences in the large house they lived in Amityville, Long Island in the mid-1970s.
She was confined to a wheelchair for the last few years of her life.
Kathy Lutz passed away on August 17, 2004, two months away from what would have been her 58th birthday on October 13.
Has three children with Ex-husband, Sebastian Quaratino: Daniel Lutz (b. 1965), Christopher Lutz (b.1968) and Missy Lutz (b. 1970).