Nancy Ling Perry | |
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Born | September 19, 1947 San Francisco, United States |
Died | May 17, 1974 Los Angeles, United States | (aged 26)
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Other names | Nancy Devoto, Lynn Ledworth, Fahizah |
Organization | Symbionese Liberation Army |
Nancy Ling Perry (September 19, 1947 – May 17, 1974, born Nancy Ling) was also known as Nancy Devoto, Lynn Ledworth, and Fahizah while a founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a small leftist terrorist group based in northern California. Considered one of its chief theorists and activists, she died in a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department at an SLA safehouse in that city.