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Bill Harris's Death Renews Focus on Symbionese Liberation Army
Original: After Death of Bill Harris, a Look Back at the Symbionese Liberation Army https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/sla-symb
Bill Harris, a leading figure in the Symbionese Liberation Army, has died, prompting a retrospective on the radical 1970s group best known for kidnapping newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. The New York Times revisits the SLA's history of violence, the Hearst case, and Harris's later life, drawing renewed attention to one of the most notorious episodes in American radical politics.
Why now: The death of a central SLA figure has prompted renewed public interest in the group's history and the Patty Hearst kidnapping.
Bill HarrisSymbionese Liberation ArmyPatty HearstThe New York Times
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