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Randolph A Hearst dies at 85 heir to Hearst empire
Randolph Apperson Hearst, longtime Hearst Corp executive and patriarch, died at a New York hospital after a stroke at age 85. He led the family media group from 1973 to 1996, edited the San Francisco Examiner, and launched the People In Need food relief during the 1974 SLA kidnapping case involving his daughter Patricia. He was born December 2, 1915, in New York and remained active with the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
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