Hearst, William Randolph, Mrs.
Variant namesBiographical notes:
Austine McDonnell Hearst was a former reporter who was married to the editor-in-chief of the Hearst newspapers. She was born Austine Byrne McDonnell on 23 Nov 1918 in Boston, Mass. She was a graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore. Her first marriage, to the designer Igor Cassini, ended in divorce. She and William Randolph Hearst Jr., chairman of the Hearst Corporation, were married in 1948. Mrs. Hearst, who left the newspaper business in 1956, wrote "The Horses of San Simeon," (San Simeon Press, 1985), a book about breeding and raising horses. She died on 15 June 1991 in Manhattan. Besides her husband, she was survived by two sons, William Randolph Hearst III, publisher of The San Francisco Examiner, and Austin, of Manhattan, vice president of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication.
Links to collections
Comparison
This is only a preview comparison of Constellations. It will only exist until this window is closed.
- Added or updated
- Deleted or outdated
Information
Subjects:
not available for this record
Occupations:
- Authors
- Reporters
Places:
- NY, US
- MA, US
