William Randolph Hearst(from Wikipedia)Other works Hearst is a major character in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire historic novel series. The Cat's Meow is a 2001 drama film inspired by the mysterious death of film mogul Thomas H. Ince. The film takes place aboard publisher William Randolph Hearst's yacht on a weekend cruise celebrating Ince's 42nd birthday in November 1924. The character of Gail Wynand in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is based on Hearst. The novel Goliath by Scott Westerfeld depicts Hearst in the World War I era of an alternate universe. In professional wrestling, Triple H was originally packaged as the WWF heel Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a spoiled rich kid from Greenwich, Connecticut whose name invoked the family of publisher William Randolph Hearst and also of Leona Helmsley.See also Hearst Ranch History of American newspapers Santa Maria de Ovila St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church Josephine Terranova The Hacienda (Milpitas Ranchhouse) Warwick New York Hotel Jan Weenix Patricia HearstSNAPSHOT | BIO | EARLY LIFE | PUBLISHING BUSINESS | EXPANSIONINVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS | PERSONAL LIFE | MARION DAVIESCALIFORNIA PROPERTY | ST. DONAT’S CASTLE | THE FAMILY CLUBCRITICISM | IN FICTION | OTHER WORKSWilliam Randolph Hearst in 1906