John Paul Getty III dead at 54

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354353/John-Paul-Getty-III-Dead-54-tragic-Getty-oil-heir-paralysed-stroke-30-years.html

John Paul Getty III died at family home after prolonged illness

Died surrounded by relatives at his bedside in mansion in Buckinghamshire
Friends say that death would have been a release for John Paul
John Paul Getty III died at the weekend after a prolonged illness, surrounded by the Getty clan at his mansion in Buckinghamshire.
He was 54.

The grandson of billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty – once the world’s richest man – was famous for being kidnapped in Rome in 1973, when he was just 16.
He was freed after five months when his grandfather paid £2.1million, but only after the kidnappers had severed his right ear and posted it to his family.

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Very Sad story...:(

[livetohike]

1. Sad....I remember the kidnapping. He was a cute kid n/t

[hlthe2b]

2. well there is one example of $$ not bringing happiness.

Perhaps he'll fare better in the next realm. RIP, Mr. Getty.

[JI7]

3. seems like he had a tough life, 54 is young to die these days

[bullwinkle428]

4. I read the attached link. What an absolutely freaking tragic life

he ended up leading, following an event that he was the victim of.

[applegrove]

5. He must have had ptsd.

[glinda]

9. Interesting that you would say that. Yes. I am pretty sure that he did.

[applegrove]

12. I say that because I was traumatized and I have it. He went through something worse than me.

How could he not if they cut off his ear. He then knew that they would kill him.

[glinda]

15. Me too. I was kidnapped and raped. I have PTSD. I get it. Sorry that

you also have it.

[applegrove]

16. Sorry for you too.

[uppityperson]

6. Very much so, poor guy. RIP

[JanMichael]

7. God reading about that family makes me happy to have never been born into hellish richness.

What a bunch of self absorbed shitheads, destroyed mates, and children that mostly found only drugs and booze to get through a "charmed" life.

Nice "family values".

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Very sad

I'll never forget his grandfather wouldn't pay his ransom. What kind of a message does that send to a kid?

[Boojatta]

11. The message that crime doesn't pay?

[leftstreet]

13. But he paid them n/t

[Nevernose]

14. According to kidnapping experts, you're supposed to haggle

If you accept the kidnapper's first request for money, they will perceive you as weak and do worse, not to mention immediately ask for more money. It was in Wired a few months ago.

[intheflow]

18. His family killed him.

First that bastard grandfather wouldn't pay the ransom but then when he was forced to, he made the kid agree to pay it back with interest after having his ear cut off by kidnappers! Then he was disinherited for marrying two years later at 18. Those f*ckers drove him into his downward spiral and his early grave.

[blogslut]

10. Rest in peace

Such a sad life. Such a sad end.

[Rowdyboy]

17. A sad end to a sad story....happiness really has nothing to do with wealth...

Money yes-its necessary but wealth is a different matter.

[Hamlette]

19. Grandfather paid ranson but told John Paul III he would have to paid it back at 4% interest

After five months his notoriously tight-fisted grandfather, John Paul Getty Snr, agreed to pay the gang £2.1million which he ordered his grandson to repay with 4 per cent interest a year.

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The richest man in the world.

He also installed a pay phone in his mansion for guests to use.

And John Paul II refused to pay for his son's medical bills because his problems were caused by drugs.

No wonder the kid was fucked up. Not a whole lot of love in that family.

[upi402]

20. Why does this not surprise me

Dysfunctional as hell, it sounds like. Greed is just another drug.

[Raine]

21. I remember that horrific kidnapping

that poor guy, no wonder he lived such a short life. :-(