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John Paul Getty III (/ ˈɡɛti /; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956 – February 5, 2011) [1] was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped by the 'Ndrangheta and held for a $17 million ransom.
But through it all, there’s one sympathetic figure: John Paul III’s mother Abigail "Gail" Harris Getty, played by Hilary Swank. As outlined by the New York Times, Gail was once married to...
In BBC2’s Trust he suggests victim John Paul Getty III, known as Little Paul, came up with the plan for the kidnap in the first place. This week Little Paul’s wife has confirmed for the first...
John Paul Getty III (1956–2011), born Eugene Paul Getty Jr., was a son of Sir Paul Getty with Abigail Harris. John Paul Getty III married Gisela Martine Zacher in 1974. Anna Getty (born 1972), is the daughter of Gisela Zacher and the adopted daughter of John Paul Getty III.
In 2013, at age 99, Getty's fifth wife, Louise, known as Teddy Getty Gaston, published a memoir recounting how Getty had scolded her for spending money too freely in the 1950s on the treatment of their six-year-old son, Timmy, who had become blind from a brain tumor. Timmy died at age 12, and Getty, living in England apart from his family, who ...
Getty Jr.’s first wife, Gail Harris, was a water polo champion, and with her, he had his eldest son, J. Paul Getty III. From a young age, John Paul Getty III was something of an embarrassment for the family.
Getty married starlet Ann Rork in 1932, and fathered two more sons, Eugene Paul (later John Paul Getty Jr.) and Gordon Peter. Getty's fifth and final wife was singer Louise "Teddy" Lynch.
