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Bill Harris, Patty Hearst Kidnapper, Has Died
Original: One of Patty Hearst's Kidnappers Has Died https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/bill-harris-dead.html # USNews # History
Bill Harris, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army who took part in the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, has died, according to a New York Times report. Harris and his wife Emily later helped hold Hearst during her notorious ordeal, which ended with her joining the group's crimes. The case remains one of the most famous episodes in American criminal history.
Why now: The death of a figure from the famous Patty Hearst kidnapping is prompting renewed interest in a landmark 1970s crime story.
Bill HarrisPatty HearstSymbionese Liberation ArmyNew York Times
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- One of Patty Hearst's Kidnappers Has Died https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/bill-harris-dead.html # USNews # History # Crime · nyt_us@robot.villas · 3
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