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Duke Gardens were the center of a controversy [58] over the decision by the trustees of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (now Doris Duke Foundation) to close them on May 25, 2008. [ 59 ] In 1963, Duke funded the construction of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 's ashram on land leased from the state forestry department of Uttar Pradesh in India. [ 60 ]
In the May 1955 issue of Confidential, "Doris Duke and Her African Prince" appeared. The story alleged that Doris Duke had an affair with a "Negro handyman and chauffeur," whom the article said she once employed. [98] In July 1955, Doris Duke sued the magazine for $3 million, claiming libel. [99]
Bernard Lafferty (14 April 1945 – 4 November 1996) was an 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 estate six months prior to her death in October 1993.
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On August 1, 1984, Doris gave birth to twins, Nicole and Alessandra. [3] Robert earned an estimated $2 million a year by running a sports betting scheme. He managed to do this by becoming a police informant and reporting his rivals to the Houston Police Department. [4] Robert later moved his family to the wealthy River Oaks area of Houston. [3]
Police arrested a suspect in a shooting at a Durham apartment complex Wednesday night that left one man dead and three others injured. Officers were dispatched at 10:13 p.m. to Duke University ...