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George Getty (1855–1930) was a lawyer who became an independent oilman in 1904. He was married with one son, a daughter having died in infancy in a typhoid epidemic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lent his son Jean Paul money to invest in oil wells and in 1916, George and Jean Paul incorporated the Getty Oil Company.
George F. Getty died in 1930. He left his estate, in the form of the controlling interest in the family firm "George F. Getty, Inc.", and valued at between $10 million and $15 million U.S. ( $ 182.39 million and $ 273.59 million, respectively, in 2024), to his wife Sarah, although Jean Paul Getty became President of the firm.
The grandson of J. Paul Getty died in November at age 52. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
After his second wife's death, Getty became reclusive for a time and his heroin addiction worsened, fueled by guilt over his wife's death. In Rome on 10 July 1973, 'Ndrangheta kidnappers abducted Getty's 16-year-old son, John Paul Getty III, and demanded a $17 million (equivalent to $117 million in 2023 [13]) payment for
Hulton Archive/GettyIn September 1957, the American oil baron J. Paul Getty traveled to Italy to visit his son Paul’s family. Earlier in the year, his youngest son, Timmy, had died from a brain ...
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty From Left: Audie Desbrow, Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Lorne Black in 1986 The name of the band was then changed to Great White due to it being Kendall’s nickname.
Paul Getty (1932–2003), son of J. Paul Getty, born Eugene Paul Getty and later also known as John Paul Getty II; John Paul Getty III (1956–2011), son of Paul Getty; Balthazar Getty (born 1975), son of John Paul Getty III, and American actor; Mark Getty, son of Paul Getty, and founder of Getty Images; Domitilla Getty, ex-wife of Mark Getty
Getty's son, Andrew Rork Getty, died in 2015; [20] followed by the death of her son, John Gilbert Getty, in 2021. [21] Getty and her husband were known as international jet setters, and often traveled on their private Boeing 727, The Jetty, to attend music and art festivals around the world. [2] [7]