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Today — 7 October 2026Newspapers

Bill Harris Has Died. He Kidnapped Patty Hearst in 1974.

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By: Alex Williams
7 October 2026 at 00:26
He was a disillusioned Vietnam veteran looking for purpose when he joined a revolutionary group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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Bill Harris, center, after being captured in 1975, the year after the S.L.A. kidnapped Patty Hearst. Her family, he later said, “was in control of a media empire that we viewed as an arm of propaganda for the United States government.”

After Death of Bill Harris, a Look Back at the Symbionese Liberation Army

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By: Alex Williams
6 October 2026 at 23:48
A small band of urban guerrillas, they hoped to topple the “ruling class” using guns and bombs. Instead, their efforts brought death and ruin.

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Six members of the S.L.A. died in a shootout with Los Angeles police in May 1974. Clockwise from top left, Camilla Hall, William Wolfe, Donald DeFreeze, Patricia Soltysik, Nancy Ling Perry and Angela Atwood.
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