Yvette Gentile
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2,323 appearances
24 recordings
4 series
first heard Apr 2026
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Yvette Gentile’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But during the occupation, a fire broke out, and some of Alcatraz's most historic structures, like that lighthouse that we talked about and the warden's house, burned to the ground.
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The government never fully explained the cause, but the activists didn't leave voluntarily after that.
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On June 11, 1971, federal marshals, GSA Special Forces, the Coast Guard, and the FBI agents removed the final 15 people from the island.
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The six men, four women, and five children did not resist, and the 19-month occupation came to an end.
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I have an interesting story about this too, Rasha.
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Do you remember this story, me telling it to you?
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Yes, it was many, many years ago.
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Gino and I were at a screening with Benjamin Bratt, who was starring in a movie with Kevin Bacon.
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And he is a native, you know, born and raised in San Francisco.
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And he told us the story that he was one of the children, along with his siblings, that lived on the island with his mother.
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Yeah.
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I remember that.
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He said that his mother, you know, had gone through a divorce and she just felt the urge to be a part of this.
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And so she took her three kids and they went and lived on the island.
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I do remember that.
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And he's even on the Kelly Clarkson show.
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And she's like, wait, what?
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You lived on Alcatraz?
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And that guard isn't alone.
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To this day, park rangers say they've heard Capone's banjo echoing through the halls of Alcatraz.
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