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John Paul Getty III (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i /; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956 – February 5, 2011) was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world.
May 21, 2022 · At 3 AM on July 10, 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III was snatched up by members of an Italian organized crime ring called the ‘Ndrangheta while lounging around at the famous Piazza Farnese in Rome.
Mar 26, 2018 · On July 10, 1973, when he was 16 years old, John Paul Getty III disappeared. Two days later, his mother received a ransom note asking for around $17 million dollars.
In Rome on July 10, 1973, 'Ndrangheta kidnappers abducted Getty's 16-year-old grandson, John Paul Getty III, and demanded $17 million (equivalent to $117 million in 2023) for his safe return. The family suspected a ploy by the rebellious teenager to extract money from his miserly grandfather.
Feb 8, 2011 · John Paul Getty III, the grandson of a billionaire American oil tycoon, has died at the age of 54. Getty died on Saturday at his mansion in Buckinghamshire, UK, his son Balthazar...
Nov 13, 2023 · In 1973, John Paul Getty III was kidnapped, and in the days that followed tabloids and newspapers were filled with conflicting tales. Here's the story.
Feb 8, 2011 · (CBS/AP) J. Paul Getty III, the troubled grandson of one of the world's richest men, who lost an ear in a grisly kidnapping as a teenager and suffered a devastating stroke as a young man, has...
Feb 8, 2011 · J. Paul Getty III, who was a grandson of the oil baron once believed to be the richest man in the world and who achieved tragic notoriety in 1973 when he was kidnapped by Italian gangsters,...
Dec 25, 2017 · How the real story of John Paul Getty III's kidnapping—the subject of 'All the Money in the World'—was reported as it was happening in 1973.
John Paul Getty III, who was kidnapped by the Mafia as a teenager in an attempt to extract a massive ransom from his billionaire oil tycoon grandfather, has died at the aged of 54. Mr Getty had been in poor health for 30 years after a drug-induced stroke left him paralysed and almost blind.
