Person    | Male  Born 29/4/1863  Died 1951

William Randolph Hearst

Categories: Journalism / Publishing

Countries: USA

Born San Francisco.
A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.

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William Randolph Hearst

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Eagle Squadrons

{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...

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Company created by William Randolph Hearst's father and made extremely successful and powerful by WRH.

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