Nancy Ling Perry

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Nancy Ling Perry
Nancy Ling Perry
Alternate name(s):	Nancy Devote Lynn Ledworth Fahizah
Date of birth:	September 19, 1947
Place of birth:	San Francisco, USA
Date of death:	May 17, 1974 (aged 26)
Place of death:	Los Angeles, USA
Movement:	Symbionese Liberation Army

Nancy Ling Perry (September 19, 1947 – May 17, 1974) also known as Nancy Devote, Lynn Ledworth and Fahizah was an American member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

[edit] Background

Nancy Ling Perry was born in San Francisco to an upper middle-class family. She attended Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, where she was a cheerleader and a Sunday school teacher. In 1964, while in high school, she was a campaign worker for Barry Goldwater. She began university at Whittier College. After a few semesters at Whittier, however, she transferred to the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley she majored in English.

Ling Perry was married for six years to African American jazz musician Gilbert Perry, whom she met when he was working for a state employment office. Their relationship was described as a "love-hate affair" which ended when Gilbert left Nancy.^{[citation needed]}

Ling Perry worked as a topless blackjack dealer in San Francisco and went through a period of heavy use of psychedelic drugs and amphetamines.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Symbionese Liberation Army

On May 17, 1974, Nancy Ling Perry, along with several members of the SLA, was killed at 1466 East 54th Street, during a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department. As the their hideout burned, Perry and fellow SLA member Camilla Hall exited the back door. Police claimed that Perry came out firing a revolver while Hall fired an automatic pistol. Police shot them both immediately. Perry was shot twice; one shot hit her right lung, the other shot severed her spine. Hall was shot once in the forehead. Investigators working for her parents claimed that Perry had come walking out of the house intending to surrender.^[1]

[edit] References

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NAME	Perry, Nancy Ling
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Francisco, USA
DATE OF DEATH	1974-05-17
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, USA