Bernard Shaw, Patty Hearst's husband, dead at 68

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bernard L. Shaw, a San Francisco police officer who served as Patty Hearst's bodyguard and later married her, has died at the age of 68.

Shaw, Hearst Corp.'s vice president for corporate security, died Tuesday in Garrison, N.Y. His death was confirmed on Wednesday in a statement by Hearst president and chief executive Steven R. Swartz.

Shaw was best known for his relationship with William Randolph Hearst's granddaughter. She made headlines in the 1970s for her kidnapping by a left-wing group and her imprisonment for bank robbery.

The couple married in 1979, after Patty Hearst's release from a 22-month sentence.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports he is survived by his wife, Patty Hearst Shaw, four children and a granddaughter. -- AP