Patty Hearst

Bill Harris, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army who kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst in Berkeley in 1974, has died. His death has prompted retrospectives from outlets including The New York Times and Berkeleyside revisiting the abduction, Hearst's subsequent involvement with the SLA, and one of the most notorious episodes of 1970s America.

Interest in Patty Hearst has surged following the death of Bill Harris, a leader of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the group that kidnapped the heiress in 1974. The New York Times revisited the case, recalling Hearst's abduction, her apparent conversion to her captors' cause, and the 1970s bank robbery saga that became one of America's most famous criminal trials and cultural touchstones.

Bill Harris, a leading figure in the Symbionese Liberation Army, has died, prompting the New York Times to publish a retrospective on the 1970s militant group best known for kidnapping heiress Patty Hearst. Readers are revisiting the group's violent history, Hearst's transformation into member 'Tania', and Harris's later imprisonment and release.

Bill Harris, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army who took part in the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, has died, according to a New York Times report. Harris and his wife Emily were central figures in the abduction that became one of the most notorious crimes of the 1970s, and Hearst later joined the group after her capture. The news is drawing renewed attention to the case's lingering questions about coercion and guilt.

Bill Harris, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army who took part in the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, has died, according to a New York Times report. Harris and his wife Emily later helped hold Hearst during her notorious ordeal, which ended with her joining the group's crimes. The case remains one of the most famous episodes in American criminal history.