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Hearst, like his brothers, worked for the Hearst Corporation and was said to have the most executive talent among the sons of William Randolph Hearst. [1] Any question of his rivaling the non-family executives who constituted a majority of the trustees of his father's will, however, was rendered moot after he died of a heart attack aged 49, while in the Virgin Islands.
John Hearst may refer to: John Randolph Hearst , American business executive John Augustine Hearst , American business and media executive, film producer and philanthropist
John Augustine Chilton Hearst (born October 24, 1952) is an American business and media executive, film producer and philanthropist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He plays a leadership role in the family-owned Hearst Corporation , one of America's largest diversified media companies where he has been a member of the board of directors since 1990. [ 3 ]
The Hearst family is a wealthy American family based in California. Their fortune was originally earned in the mining industry during the late 19th century under the entrepreneurial leadership of George Hearst .
Millicent Veronica Hearst (née Willson; July 16, 1882 – December 5, 1974), was the wife of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Willson was a vaudeville performer in New York City whom Hearst admired, and they married in 1903.
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William Randolph Hearst Jr. (January 27, 1908 – May 14, 1993) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He was the second son of the publisher William Randolph Hearst. He became editor-in-chief of Hearst Newspapers after the death of his father in 1951.
Hearst never divorced from his wife, Millicent Willson, whom he married in 1903, but the couple maintained separate lives. Many reference books say that Lake's parents were Marion Davies' sister Rose and her first husband, George Van Cleve. The Lake family asserted that the newborn was given to Davies' sister, whose own child had died in infancy.