Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, and socialite. She was often called "the...
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with whom he had his only child, a daughter, Doris, born November 22, 1912. Doris was raised at Duke Farms located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, where...
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Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design is housed in the former home of Doris Duke near Diamond Head just outside Honolulu, Hawaii. It is now owned and operated...
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Bernard Lafferty (section Career and Doris Duke)
Irish butler and heir to American tobacco heiress and philanthropist, Doris Duke. Duke hired Lafferty in 1987 and named him the executor of her $1.2 billion...
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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a 1999 American four-part television miniseries starring Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain which was first...
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Cindy Adams (section Doris Duke apartment)
purchased from the estate of billionaire heiress Doris Duke in 1997. Because of the apartment's connection with Duke, Adams hosted the wrap party for the television...
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Jacob's Pillow (section Doris Duke Studio Theatre)
the 2010 National Medal of Arts, a national award of distinction. The Doris Duke Theatre, one of two indoor performance spaces, was destroyed in a fire...
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Duke Gardens in Somerset County, New Jersey, were among the most significant glass house collections in America. Created by Doris Duke, they were larger...
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Falcon Lair (category Duke family residences)
film, The Hooded Falcon. It is better known as a residence of heiress Doris Duke. Valentino bought the 4-acre (1.6 ha) estate in 1925 for US$175,000 (equivalent...
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daughter, Doris Duke. Located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, the property is operated and managed by the Doris Duke Foundation after the death of Doris Duke, James...
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