Nancy Ling Perry

Nancy Ling Perry
Born	September 19, 1947 San Francisco, USA
Died	May 17, 1974(1974-05-17) (aged 26) Los Angeles, USA
Other names	Nancy Devoto Lynn Ledworth Fahizah
Political 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.

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.

Nancy Ling met African American jazz musician Gilbert Perry when he was working for a state employment office, and the couple were married December 26, 1967. Married for six years, 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]}

Symbionese Liberation Army

Main article: Symbionese Liberation Army police shootout

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]

References

1. ^ Bryan, John. This Soldier Still at War. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. ISBN 0151900604.

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Name	Perry, Nancy Ling
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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