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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Patty_HearstPatty Hearst - Wikipedia

    Millicent Hearst (paternal grandmother) Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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  2. Feb 4, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, later joining her captors in a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery that earned her a prison sentence.

  3. Apr 19, 2024 · Patty Hearst, American heiress of the William Randolph Hearst media empire who was kidnapped in 1974 by leftist radicals called the Symbionese Liberation Army, whom she under duress joined in robbery and extortion. She was convicted in 1976 and released from prison three years later.

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  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Patty Hearst is the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the famous 19th-century media mogul and founder of the Hearst media empire. She was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 and spent 19 months with them, joining them in criminal acts. She was captured by the FBI in 1975 and sentenced to 35 years in prison, but released early in 1979 after President Carter commuted her sentence.

  5. www.fbi.gov › history › famous-casesPatty Hearst — FBI

    Learn how the FBI pursued and captured Patty Hearst, the granddaughter of a newspaper magnate, who was kidnapped by a radical group and turned into a bank robber. Explore the case records, podcast, artifact, and ransom note related to the sensational crime.

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  7. Aug 1, 2016 · How the abduction of newspaper heiress Patricia "Patty" Hearst in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) made her a symbol of the 1970s counterculture and a poster-girl for the SLA's radical cause. Learn about the kidnapping, the trial, the myths and the legacy of this iconic case from a new book by Jeffrey Toobin.

  8. Feb 4, 2024 · Following her Feb. 4, 1974, kidnapping by the tiny, disorganized Symbionese Liberation Army, Hearst began to lose faith in her wealthy family’s ability to meet the SLA’s initial $4 million ...

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