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Rose Dugdale, an Oxford-educated Englishwoman who left a life of wealth to become a partisan activist fighting for Irish independence, in a career that included bomb making, hijacking and art theft, died on March 18 in Dublin. Her death, in a nursing home, was confirmed by Aengus O Snodaigh, a friend and a member of the Irish Parliament. Throughout the 1970s, Ms. Dugdale, whose family owned a large share of the insurance company Lloyd’s of London, captivated the British and Irish news media with her exploits. She and an accomplice were arrested in 1973 for stealing thousands of dollars in art and silverware from her parents’ home, with plans to sell it and give the proceeds to the Irish Republican Army. Her father, Eric, appeared as a witness at her trial, and under British law she was allowed to cross-examine him herself — an opportunity she used to make political statements.
Persons: Rose Dugdale, Aengus O, Dugdale, Patricia Hearst, , Eric, Organizations: Irish, Irish Republican Army Locations: Oxford, Dublin, London, United States
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a little-known armed revolutionary group. The 19-year-old college student's infamous abduction in Berkeley, California, led to Hearst joining forces with her captors for a 1974 bank robbery that earned her a prison sentence. Hearst, granddaughter of wealthy newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, will turn 70 on Feb. 20. Stockholm syndrome got its name from an August 1973 failed bank robbery in Sweden’s capital. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesAs a member of a wealthy and powerful family, Hearst was kidnapped to bring attention to the Symbionese Liberation Army, according to the FBI.
Persons: Patricia “ Patty ” Hearst, Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, Patricia Hearst Shaw, Bernard Shaw, Tania ”, wasn't, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton Organizations: ANGELES, , Symbionese Liberation Army, Hearst, French bulldogs, Westminster Kennel Club, FBI Locations: Berkeley , California, Stockholm, California, San Francisco
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