John Randolph Hearst

Hearst, like his brothers, worked for the Hearst Corporation and was said to have the most executive talent among the sons of William Randolph Hearst.^[1] Any question of his rivaling the non-family executives who constituted a majority of the trustees of his father's will, however, was rendered moot after he died of a heart attack aged 49, while in the Virgin Islands.^[1]

Hearst's first marriage was to Dorothy Hart Hearst.^[2] Their marriage ended after Hart divorced and sued him in 1932, citing "extreme cruelty" from Hearst.^[2]

Hearst's second marriage was to Gretchen Wilson Hearst. Their marriage was short lived, and ended in 1938 when Wilson divorced him and won custody of their son, John Randolph Hearst Jr. (Wilson later married Woolworth Donahue (Jessie May Woolworth Donahue's son).^[3][4][5]

Hearst remarried for a final time to Fanne Wade Hearst, and in 1946, the couple purchased the former estate of Henry Anderson in Flower Hill, New York.^[6][7][8]

Hearst had four children, including John Jr., who served as a company executive and director who represented this branch of the family among the trustees.^[9]