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On July 10, 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty was kidnapped. He was held for a hefty ransom. During his time in captivity, his ear was brutally ...
The works depict religious scenes from the lives of Jesus, Mary and various saints and significantly expand Getty’s medieval ...
When John Paul Getty III was kidnapped in 1973, his captors infamously cut off his right ear. His grandfather initially refused to part with a penny of his massive wealth to help.
Getty, 54, came from from a family of great wealth and drama. Feb. 9, 2011 — -- John Paul Getty III, scion of one of the world's richest oil families who died at 54 this past weekend, ...
John Paul Getty III, known as Paul, was the eldest of four children born to Abigail “Gail” Harris and John Paul Getty Jr., J. Paul’s third son.
J. Paul Getty, oil air and the late grandfather of John Gilbert Getty. Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Gigi Gaston, whose mother was the fifth wife of the late oil tycoon also mourned John’s ...
John Paul Getty III’s recent death brings to a close a tragic chapter in the wealthy family’s decades-long drama of strife and eccentricity. Anthony Haden-Guest reports on their woe.
J. Paul Getty had five sons and died in 1976 at age 82; another grandson, J. Paul Getty III, lost an ear as a teenager when he was kidnapped in Rome and the family reportedly delayed paying a ...
John Paul Getty refused to pay a ransom for his grandson at first, declaring, I have 14 other grandchildren. If I pay one penny, I’ll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren.
John Gilbert Getty, the grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, has died. He was 52. John, a musician, died on Friday in San Antonio, Texas. His family confirmed his death in a statement ...