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	John Paul Getty III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Paul Getty III (born 1956) was the first of four children of Paul Getty and Gail Harris.
		John Paul Getty III was found alive in southern Italy shortly after the ransom was paid.
		In 1999, Getty, along with several other members of his family, became citizens of the Republic of Ireland in return for investments in Ireland of approximately £1 million each, under a law which has since been repealed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III (257 words)

	Paul Getty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir John Paul Getty KBE (September 7, 1932 – April 17, 2003) was a wealthy American-born British philanthropist and book-collector.
		In 1973 his son, Paul III, was kidnapped in Rome and held in the Calabrian Mountains, chained to a stake in a cave.
		Paul III later took a mixture of prescription drugs which left him comatose for six weeks and left him paralysed and blind.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Getty (911 words)

	Paul Getty
		Sir John Paul Getty (September 7, 1932 - April 17, 2003) was a wealthy American-born British philanthropist and book-collector.
		Getty did not have enough money to pay the $17 million ransom demand, and his father refused to help.
		Getty's daughter Aileen, a cocaine addict, married Christopher Wilding[?], son of Elizabeth Taylor, in 1981.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Paul_Getty.html (605 words)

	Bio for Balthazar Getty on MSN Movies
		Born in Los Angeles, CA, on January 22, 1975, Balthazar Getty's father was John Paul Getty III, the grandson of famous oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, and a notorious figure in his own right after his ear was cut off by kidnappers in 1973.
		John Paul Getty III suffered a debilitating drug overdose in 1980 which left him in a wheelchair, and in time he and his wife Gisela Zacher split up; Gisela remarried in 1988, to wedding translator and musician Olaf Kraemar.
		Getty was then cast in the 1990 film adaptation of Lord of the Flies as Ralph, the child who struggles against the baser impulses which have overtaken his peers.
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?mp=b&c=275469 (296 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Gentle giant of philanthropy who loved cricket, TV soaps and all things British
		Paul Getty III - his son from his first marriage, to Gail, with whom he had three other children, Aileen, Mark and Ariadne - was kidnapped in Italy in 1973.
		John Paul Getty III was later left paralysed by a drug-induced stroke.
		John Major, the former Tory prime minister and an ardent cricket fan, said: "Paul Getty was a truly remarkable man whom I was privileged to know as a friend.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/18/wrich118.xml (1038 words)

	The Getty Genealogy, Part II
		Jean Paul Getty III is the oldest grandson of J. Paul Getty Sr.
		Gordon Getty is the fourth son of J. Paul Getty, Sr, and the younger brother of Sir Jean Paul II.
		William Paul Getty is the third of Gordon and Ann Getty's sons, and often goes by the nickname "Billy".
	www.angelfire.com /celeb/millers/gettys2.html (1021 words)

	CNN.com - Billionaire John Paul Getty dies - Apr. 18, 2003
		Getty was a great benefactor to the arts and had a renowned library, which included many originals including works by Shakespeare.
		John Paul Getty III had a stroke a year later that left him a paraplegic and practically blind.
		In 1972, John Paul Getty II moved to Britain where for many years he lived alone in a mansion on the bank of the River Thames in Chelsea.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/04/17/getty.death/index.html (628 words)

	USATODAY.com - Billionaire Getty dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Getty, Britain's leading patron of good causes, died in a London hospital where he was being treated for a chest infection.
		Getty was admitted to the London Clinic on Monday for treatment of a recurrent infection and died Thursday morning, Dr. John Goldstone said.
		Getty was given the honorary title of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1986 for services to charity, but could not be called Sir Paul then because he was not a British citizen.
	www.usatoday.com /money/2003-04-17-getty-obit_x.htm (752 words)

	John Paul Getty II dies - smh.com.au
		John Paul Getty II, the reclusive American-born billionaire philanthropist and art lover who became a British citizen late in life, died yesterday, his doctor said.
		Mr Getty, a reformed drug addict who became Britain's leading patron of good causes, died in a hospital where he was being treated for a chest infection.
		Dr John Goldstone said Mr Getty was admitted to the London Clinic on Monday for treatment of a recurrent chest infection but died yesterday morning.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/04/18/1050172729963.html (750 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Getty name often meant unhappiness
		Jean Paul Getty I was born in 1892, the son of deeply religious Minneapolis oilman George Getty.
		Succeeding generations of Gettys were alienated and insecure and, in many cases, took to drugs and drink as their fabulously rich and fabulously miserly father kept an iron grasp on his business.
		As for John Paul Getty II, later Sir Paul, he rejected his father's rigid way of life as a young man by becoming a playboy and a heroin addict.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/18/wrich218.xml (342 words)

	Biography of J. Paul Getty Jnr
		But whereas J Paul Getty Snr was known for his meanness - he fitted payphones in the guest rooms of his stately home - J Paul Getty Jnr gained a deserved reputation as a philanthropist.
		Paul Getty Jnr had moved to London, where he lived as a recluse, and started using his vast wealth for the benefit of his adopted country.
		Getty was awarded an honorary knighthood from the Queen in 1986.
	www.biogs.com /famous/gettyjunior.html (490 words)

	From hippie heir to philanthropist - theage.com.au
		John Paul Getty jnr, the billionaire with a penchant for sharing his inherited wealth with good causes, has died at 70.
		British citizenship allowed him to use the title Sir Paul, given to him by the Queen in 1986 for services to charity but which, as an American, he was not allowed to invoke.
		The third of five sons of J. Paul Getty - known as Oklahoma Crude because he made his fortune in oil - he was first exposed to British culture as a boy when he visited his father who lived in Surrey.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/04/18/1050172758179.html (630 words)

	Britain loses a true champion of the arts - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sir Paul wrote a letter to Clifford assuring him he was truly interested in keeping the art work in the UK and a subsequent public apology from the National Galleries director ended the friction.
		Getty senior was regarded as the richest man in the world but also had a reputation as a miser.
		It was only after one of Paul III's ears was cut off and sent to a newspaper that Sir Paul's father had a change of heart (even if the ransom payment was a loan, with 4% interest on it at that).
	www.sundayherald.com /33111 (618 words)

	Worldandnation: Philanthropist gave often to adopted land
		Getty, a reformed drug addict who donated more than $200-million to a variety of causes, died in London Clinic, where he was hospitalized Monday with a recurrent chest infection, Dr. John Goldstone said.
		Getty did not hesitate to praise Britain in the rare public statements he made, explaining his philanthropy as his debt to his adopted country.
		Getty also helped prevent precious art such as Antonio Canova's statue, The Three Graces, from being bought by his father's pride and joy, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/04/18/news_pf/Worldandnation/Philanthropist_gave_o.shtml (482 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Profile: Sir John Paul Getty II
		Sir John Paul Getty II was born in America but has lived in Britain since 1971.
		Sir Paul inherited his fortune from his oil magnate father, reportedly the world's richest man, who died in 1976 and had a reputation as a miser and a tough taskmaster.
		When Sir Paul's son, John Paul Getty III, was kidnapped in Italy in 1973, he asked his father to help pay the ransom, and was refused.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1386478.stm (699 words)

	Family Fortunes - Hearst, Getty & Rockefeller
		The son of a lawyer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jean Paul Getty moved to Oklahoma, then to Los Angeles as father George followed the trail of oil discovery in the early 1900s.
		His grandson, J. Paul Getty III, was kidnapped while on a trip to Italy in 1973, and although was returned after a hefty ransom, had an ear cut off during the ordeal with his captives.
		Today the 110-acre, stunning Getty Center and expanded museum is situated on a dramatic hilltop in North Los Angeles, and has become a well known center for permanent collections and changing exhibitions of comparative art, archaeology and cultures in America.
	www.islandconnections.com /edit/family_fortunes.htm (1680 words)

	Alias- Biography: Balthazar Getty / Thomas Grace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		His father, J. Paul Getty III, was the victim in one of the 20th century's most sensational kidnappings.
		Balthazar Getty is an extremely talented actor who has grown in both size and ability before the eyes of the public.
		Getty also starred in the Diane Keaton-directed and produced television series, "Pasadena," and in Wayne Wang's digital film, "The Center of the World," with Peter Sarsgaard.
	www.cybamall.com /alias/aliasbiobalthazar.html (412 words)

	J. Paul Getty Jr. Dies At 70 - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Getty even used his inheritance to purchase painting masterpieces for British museums so that the Getty Museum, established by his father in Malibu, Calif., wouldn't be able to purchase them.
		His namesake son, J. Paul III, was kidnapped by members of the Italian mafia in 1973 and had his ear cut off in order to extract a ransom of $3.4 million from Getty Sr.
		Getty's two other children are Mark, cofounder and executive chairman of Getty Images (nyse: GYI - news - people), and Ariadne.
	www.forbes.com /personalfinance/philanthropy/2003/04/17/cz_rl_0417getty.html (754 words)

	Sir Paul Getty - Obituary from The Independent
		Talitha Pol and J. Paul Getty Jnr married in Rome in December 1966, he in a psychedelic tie and she in an ivory velvet ensemble, complete with hood and miniskirt edged in white mink.
		Getty senior spent $6m on art at Christie's in a single morning at the same time he was refusing to contribute to Paul III's ransom.
		Getty pledged that the Wormsley collection would not be broken up and would remain in Britain, and his wife, a trustee, wants to ensure that scholars, and perhaps even later the public, have generous access to it.
	www.powell-pressburger.org /Obits/Getty/Independent.html (2153 words)

	Making Music: John Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		John Adams was born in 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and grew up in Woodstock, Vermont, and Concord, New Hampshire, where he took up the clarinet under the tutelage of his father, Carl.
		In January 2002, her performance of John Adams’s Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony, John Adams conducting, was televised and broadcast by the BBC throughout Europe.
		Her recording of John Adams’s Road Movies, which received a Grammy nomination, was recently released by Nonesuch, and her first recording for Warner Classics, a recital CD featuring the works of Beethoven, Ravel, Messiaen, Salonen, and Grey, will be released in April 2005.
	www.carnegiehall.org /textSite/box_office/events/evt_5325.html?selecteddate=03212005 (5381 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / World
		Sir J. Paul Getty Jr., shown here with his wife Lady Victoria after he was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace on March 10 1998, died today at age 70 in a hospital where he was being treated for a chest infection, a doctor said.
		LONDON — Sir J. Paul Getty Jr., the reclusive American-born billionaire philanthropist and art lover who became a British citizen late in life, died Thursday, his doctor said.
		In 1994, the staunchly Catholic Getty married Victoria Holdsworth, his longtime British girlfriend, who is credited with his rehabilitation and gradual emergence into public life.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/17/getty_obit.htm (760 words)

	Miscellaneous Palm Beach County, FL Obituaries
		John Paul Getty Jr., heir to an American oil fortune who traveled a tormented path from 1960s hippie excess and personal tragedy to become a contented patron of the British cultural establishment, died Thursday, April 17, 2003, in a London hospital.
		Getty later found happiness in a third marriage to former model Victoria Holdsworth, and pleasure in a reclusive life at his 2,500-acre English country estate called Wormsley Lodge, where he submerged himself in old movies, even older books and cricket.
		Getty’s energetic philanthropy range from institutions at the pinnacle of British art and culture (he gave the National Gallery a onetime gift of 50 million pounds and another 20 million pounds to the British Film Institute), to hundreds of smaller causes that captured his fancy and conscience.
	www.genealogybuff.com /fl/fl-palmbeach-obits2.htm (5474 words)

	John Russell (Getty Museum)
		John Russell's extraordinary facility as a pastel painter brought him a fashionable clientele eager to have him execute their portraits.
		Russell was renowned for his ability to achieve masterful tonal effects by smudging broad, soft areas of crayon.
		In 1788 he was elected as a member of the Royal Academy and further distinguished by being appointed the Crayon Painter to George III.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=18318&page=1 (211 words)

	Conflict and Community in the Corinthian Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is an accessible overview of scholarly opinion on the roots of Paul's churches in four principal sources: the synagogue, ancient schools of philosophy, mystery religions, and voluntary associations usually structured around the worship of a pagan deity.
		Paul's first person plural claim in 1 Cor 2:6, that "we speak wisdom," refers not to himself but to the communal body of the church, whose inter-factional strife at Corinth he is trying to ease.
		By presenting himself as the slave of all, Paul hopes to mediate the conflicts that are rending the church at Corinth.
	gbgm-umc.org /umw/corinthians/biblio.stm (7071 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Somers, John Somers, Baron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		SOMERS, JOHN SOMERS, BARON [Somers, John Somers, Baron], 1651-1716, English jurist and statesman.
		William III rewarded him with the office of solicitor general (1689), and he advanced to become attorney general (1692), lord keeper of the seal (1693), and lord chancellor (1697), taking the title Baron Somers of Evesham.
		He was politically influential throughout the reign of William, but was forced to resign as lord chancellor in 1700 after repeated attacks directed against him, in part for his support of the ventures of Capt. William Kidd.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Somers-J1.asp (312 words)

	FPMA News: Billionaire John Paul Getty dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		LONDON England (CNN) -- Billionaire philanthropist John Paul Getty Jr.
		Getty's second wife died in 1971 of an accidental drug overdose in Rome.
		The same year John Paul Getty III, his teenage son from his first marriage, was abducted and held for five months.
	www.fpma.org /news_story.cfm?ID=2014 (565 words)

	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Library Booklist: New Testament - Paul, His Life and Letters
		Examines Paul's life and theology and the relation of his message to that of Jesus.
		Shows that Paul's words were meant to challenge the misogyny of Greek culture, but were interpreted to support it.
		Covers Paul's teachings on marriage, divorce, homosexuality, women in the church, and the state.
	www.pym.org /library/lists/nt-paul.htm (599 words)

	Dharma Dining \| Food & Wine
		"Actors are artists," says Getty, the daughter of oil-fortune heir and erstwhile thespian John Paul Getty III and herself a producer and a star of Confessions of a Burning Man, a forthcoming documentary about the annual Bohemian bacchanal in the Nevada desert.
		Getty and her friend Akasha, a caterer and personal chef who has worked for Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand, have formed the company Pure Style to throw parties—Getty's yoga classes followed by Akasha's organic food.
		The pink sheepskin rug Getty lays on her yoga mat is an example of this outlook.
	www.foodandwine.com /articles/dharma-dining (843 words)

	Oil
		November 8, 1973 - The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper in Rome together with a ransom note; convinced his father to pay $2.9 million USD.
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	www.kipnotes.com /Oil.htm (6857 words)

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