Randolph Apperson Hearst
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Randolph Apperson Hearst | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | December 2, 1915
Died | December 18, 2000 New York City, U.S. | (aged 85)
Resting place | Hearst Corporation |
Spouses | Catherine Wood Campbell
(m. 1938; div. 1982)Maria Cynthia Scruggs
(m. 1982; div. 1987)Veronica de Gruyter (m. 1987) |
Children | 5, including Patricia and Anne |
Parent(s) | William Randolph Hearst Millicent Hearst |
Relatives | Lydia Hearst (granddaughter) Amanda Hearst (granddaughter) |
Randolph Apperson Hearst (December 2, 1915 – December 18, 2000) was a newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He was the fourth of five sons of William Randolph Hearst and Millicent Hearst as well as the father of Patty Hearst.
Early life
Randolph Apperson Hearst was born on December 2, 1915, with his twin brother, David (1915–1986), to Millicent Hearst and William Randolph Hearst in New York City.[1] He attended the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and attended Harvard University for one year.[1][2][3]
Career
After graduating, Hearst joined the family business, the
Long active in management of the San Francisco Examiner, he eventually became chairman of the Hearst board (1973–96).[1][4] He retired in favor of his nephew, George Randolph Hearst Jr.
Randolph Hearst never had the opportunity to become Chief Executive Officer. His father's will established a trust that had five family (initially his sons, then their heirs) and eight non-family trustees. All trustees served for life and elected their successors, which maintained the proportions of family and non-family trustees. The trustees name the corporation's board of directors, and the trust does not dissolve until all grandchildren of William Randolph Hearst alive at his death have died. It was under Randolph Hearst's chairmanship that the chief executive inherited from his father, Richard E. Berlin, finally retired, but the next three presidents were all also non-family trustees.
Personal and family life
Randolph Hearst was married three times, first on January 12, 1938, to Catherine Wood Campbell of
In 1974, his daughter Patty made front pages nationwide when she was kidnapped by an extremist group, the
Randolph Hearst married his second wife, Maria Cynthia Scruggs (née Pachì, September 3, 1932 – July 17, 2017), originally of Rome, Italy, on May 2, 1982.[7][citation needed] The couple divorced in 1987. That year he married a third wife, Veronica de Gruyter (formerly de Beracasa y de Uribe).
Later life and death
Hearst bought Eastover in Manalapan, Florida, in 2000 from Melvin Simon.[1]
Hearst died on December 18, 2000, from a stroke.[4][8] His seat as a trustee of his father's will went to Virginia Hearst Randt, second-oldest of his five daughters. He was buried on the family's plot in Colma, California.[1]
Hearst's personal estate was estimated in his last will and testament, written in 1989, at $25 million for probate purposes, but his lawyer (a co-executor of the will) observed that much of his estate- including insurance policies, jointly-owned properties, and trusts- was outside probate and therefore not accounted for; prior to his death, Forbes magazine had estimated Hearst's wealth as $1.8 billion.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sward, Susan (2000-12-18). "Scion of Media Empire Dead From Stroke at 85 / Son of legendary publisher, father of kidnapped heiress". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,748563,00.html
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- commuted by President Jimmy Carter. She was fully pardoned in 2001 by President Bill Clinton.
- New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Randolph Hearst Leaves Bulk of Estate to Wife". Los Angeles Times. 28 February 2001.