Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954), better known as Patty Hearst, now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and occasional actress. She is the granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She became famous in 1974 when she was kidnapped, but soon afterwards joined her kidnappers by robbing a bank. She spent time in prison before receiving a presidential pardon.

Biography

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Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst. She grew up primarily in the wealthy San Francisco suburb of Hillsborough. She attended Crystal Springs School for Girls in Hillsborough and the Santa Catalina School for Girls in Monterey. Among her few close friends she counted Patricia Tobin, whose family founded the Hibernia National Bank, a branch of which Hearst would later aid in robbing.

Kidnapping and her time with the SLA

On February 4, 1974 the 19-year-old Hearst was kidnapped from the Berkeley, California apartment that she shared with her fiancee Steven Weed, by an urban guerrilla group called the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). When the attempt to swap Hearst for jailed SLA members failed, the SLA made ransom demands which resulted in the donation by the Hearst family of $6 million worth of food to the poor of the Bay Area. After the distribution of food, Hearst was still not released.

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Back on Casablancas repeat mode. Not unlike a drug that enters your bloodstream and takes over. More Patty Hearst allusions. Hands up.
OrneryDictator (The Ornery Dictator) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:18:40 -0000
Back on Casablancas repeat mode. Not unlike a drug that enters your bloodstream and takes over. More Patty Hearst allusions. Hands up.
@IMjustaNERD The only thing about Claire is I can't see her going all Patty Hearst for him the way Elle did.
dolly_dagger87 (Megan Fowler) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:04:00 -0000
@IMjustaNERD The only thing about Claire is I can't see her going all Patty Hearst for him the way Elle did.
@random_michelle Yeah, but doesn't Patty Hearst have his gun now?
sotsogm (Eric VanNewkirk) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:40:56 -0000
@random_michelle Yeah, but doesn't Patty Hearst have his gun now?
GITMO turned Patty Hearst.
politicsoffear (Dr. Schadenfreude) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:06:03 -0000
GITMO turned Patty Hearst.
Patty Hearst Jnr at secret weapons training camp http://brizzly.com/pic/YKS Bananas of The World Beware!
digitalkulcha (Toula Karayannis) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:39:33 -0000
Patty Hearst Jnr at secret weapons training camp http://brizzly.com/pic/YKS Bananas of The World Beware!
Irrefutable evidence that Santa exists-see carrots left out 4 reindeers were nibbled http://brizzly.com/pic/YJY (Patty Hearst Jnr on right)
digitalkulcha (Toula Karayannis) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:35:06 -0000
Irrefutable evidence that Santa exists-see carrots left out 4 reindeers were nibbled http://brizzly.com/pic/YJY (Patty Hearst Jnr on right)

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