LONDON - John Paul Getty III, grandson of American oil magnate John Paul Getty, who half a century ago was considered the richest man in the world, has died at 54 years in the family estate in Buckinghamshire, UK. Getty III had long been ill, paralyzed and nearly blind due to a stroke provocatogli from an overdose at the age of 24.
A life marked by tragedy and drugs. From an early age: he was only 16 when she ascended the headlines after being the victim, in 1973, a sensational kidnapping in Rome, signed by the 'Ndrangheta. Caused a sensation on the method chosen by the bandits to urge the family to pay a ransom: the boy was cut off his right ear, which was sent to relatives.
In the longer the billionaire grandfather had refused to pay: "I have 14 grandchildren. If you send them out a dime - he said - I would have 14 kidnapped grandchildren." Paul Getty III had gone missing the night of July 10, 1973. He was seen often in Rome, the parties to Campo de 'Fiori Santa Maria in Trastevere and Piazza Navona where he sold small crafts that he worked with his hands.
He lived in the capital where his father, John Paul II, he directed the Italian operations of Getty Oil. At first the news goes unnoticed, but then appears in all seriousness that this is a real kidnapping carried out for ransom. Paul is in fact the grandson of a wealthy British tankers.
The Chronicles thus begin to take care of each other. The assets are valued grandfather's 1000 billion lire and the assets of his companies is 3,000 billion. The boy's mother, who runs a boutique in the streets of Spain, received the first requests for money. The woman is also a sudden press conference at his home, and speaks of receiving communications from the kidnappers, saying openly that the family is willing to negotiate.
When Paul's mother turns the ransom demand, the grandfather opposes a flat refusal. It 's a macabre act of the kidnappers to give another course with the matter. "We send the paper this ear because the family for three months, we joked that he has no money to pay." These are the words that come to the drafting of the newspaper Il Messaggero.
After the brutal mutilation, the family decided to pay the ransom - two billion dollars. Paul Getty III is thus released December 17, 1973, after more than five months in captivity. The bandits left him on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria. He found a truck driver. And from that moment becomes a victim of addiction to alcohol and drugs.
After paying the ransom, his grandfather forced him to repay the sum at 4% annual interest. For years, Paul Getty III was living in the family home in Buckinghamshire with her mother Gail, assisted by nurses. Recently, his condition had worsened. 
A life marked by tragedy and drugs. From an early age: he was only 16 when she ascended the headlines after being the victim, in 1973, a sensational kidnapping in Rome, signed by the 'Ndrangheta. Caused a sensation on the method chosen by the bandits to urge the family to pay a ransom: the boy was cut off his right ear, which was sent to relatives.
In the longer the billionaire grandfather had refused to pay: "I have 14 grandchildren. If you send them out a dime - he said - I would have 14 kidnapped grandchildren." Paul Getty III had gone missing the night of July 10, 1973. He was seen often in Rome, the parties to Campo de 'Fiori Santa Maria in Trastevere and Piazza Navona where he sold small crafts that he worked with his hands.
He lived in the capital where his father, John Paul II, he directed the Italian operations of Getty Oil. At first the news goes unnoticed, but then appears in all seriousness that this is a real kidnapping carried out for ransom. Paul is in fact the grandson of a wealthy British tankers.
The Chronicles thus begin to take care of each other. The assets are valued grandfather's 1000 billion lire and the assets of his companies is 3,000 billion. The boy's mother, who runs a boutique in the streets of Spain, received the first requests for money. The woman is also a sudden press conference at his home, and speaks of receiving communications from the kidnappers, saying openly that the family is willing to negotiate.
When Paul's mother turns the ransom demand, the grandfather opposes a flat refusal. It 's a macabre act of the kidnappers to give another course with the matter. "We send the paper this ear because the family for three months, we joked that he has no money to pay." These are the words that come to the drafting of the newspaper Il Messaggero.
After the brutal mutilation, the family decided to pay the ransom - two billion dollars. Paul Getty III is thus released December 17, 1973, after more than five months in captivity. The bandits left him on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria. He found a truck driver. And from that moment becomes a victim of addiction to alcohol and drugs.
After paying the ransom, his grandfather forced him to repay the sum at 4% annual interest. For years, Paul Getty III was living in the family home in Buckinghamshire with her mother Gail, assisted by nurses. Recently, his condition had worsened.
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