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William Lee Brent was born on 1931 in Franklin, Louisiana, U.S., is a Black Panther Party member. Discover William Lee Brent's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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William Lee Brent |
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| Age |
75 years old |
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| Born |
1931, 1931 |
| Birthday |
1931 |
| Birthplace |
Franklin, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Date of death |
4 November, 2006 |
| Died Place |
Havana, Cuba |
| Nationality |
United States
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William Lee Brent Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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William Lee Brent Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is William Lee Brent worth at the age of 75 years old? William Lee Brent’s income source is mostly from being a successful member. He is from United States. We have estimated William Lee Brent's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
He never became a Cuban citizen, but remarried to travel writer Jane McManus (c. 1920–2005) whom he had met in Cuba.
William Lee Brent was born in 1931, in Franklin, Louisiana, and when he was 13 his family moved to Oakland, California.
Brent was selling drugs and committing petty crimes by the time he was in junior high school, and at age 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Army by using a fake birth certificate.
He was discharged from the army after only eight months, later serving time in juvenile hall for stealing a bicycle.
In 1955, he was convicted of armed robbery and auto theft, for which he spent seven years in San Quentin State Prison.
On April 21, 1964, Brent married Gloria L. Harness, age 30, in Oakland.
In November 1968, Brent and two accomplices in a van marked "Black Panther Black Community News Service" allegedly robbed a gas station in San Francisco's Bayview district of $80.
Police caught up to them on Seventh Street near the Hall of Justice, prompting a shootout, where one of the officers, Lieutenant Dermott Creedon, was critically wounded.
When Brent was arrested and identified as the triggerman, Eldridge Cleaver kicked him out of the Black Panther Party, accusing him of "banditry".
After his arrest, Brent was released on bail, and on June 17, 1969, he stepped onto Trans World Airlines Flight 154 from Oakland to New York City.
Brent held a .38 Caliber revolver to the pilot's head, and ordered him to fly to Cuba instead.
Brent spent 22 months in an immigration jail in Cuba when he arrived, and after his release he earned a Spanish literature degree from the University of Havana, and taught English at various junior and senior high schools.
In a 1996 interview with the Associated Press, Brent said he missed the United States and the African-American community, but he was unwilling to return to possibly face life imprisonment for air piracy and kidnapping.
Around 1996, Times Books published his memoirs, Long Time Gone (ISBN 0-595-00288-9), and for several years prior to his death Brent was working on a book about discrimination against Black people in Cuba.
William Lee Brent (1931 – November 4, 2006) was an American member of the Black Panther Party and defector, best known for hijacking a passenger jet and diverting it to Cuba in 1969, where he spent the last 37 years of his life in exile.
Brent died from pneumonia on November 4, 2006, at age 75, while still living in Cuba.
