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In 1973, John Paul Getty III (Eugene Paul Getty II), the teenage grandson of the oil tycoon, was abducted in Rome by kidnappers who cut off his ear when his family was slow to meet their ransom demands; Getty was released in December 1973 for nearly $3 million. #JohnPaulGettyIII

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In 1956, John Paul Getty III (Eugene Paul Getty II) was born in Minneapolis, MN, as eldest of four children of John Paul Getty Jr. #JohnPaulGettyIII

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In 2011, John Paul Getty III (Eugene Paul Getty II) died at his father’s estate at Wormsley Park, Buckinghamshire, aged 54. In 1981, he drank a valium, methadone, and alcohol cocktail which caused liver failure and a stroke, leaving him quadriplegic, partially blind, and unable to speak. He had been in poor health since his 1981 drug overdose. #JohnPaulGettyIII

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