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Doris Duke continued to spend her summers at Rough Point; but, after the New England Hurricane of 1938 that devastated Rhode Island, and with the advent of World War II, Doris Duke's visits became less frequent. In the early 1950s, Doris Duke took up permanent residence in New York City and emptied Rough Point of all its furnishings. [6]
Her foundation, Independent Aid, became the Doris Duke Foundation, which still exists as a private grant-making entity. [66] After her death, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation was established in 1996, supporting four national grant making programs and Doris Duke's three estates, Shangri La, Rough Point, and Duke Farms.
Duke recorded a second album, A Legend in Her Own Time, with Swamp Dogg, issued on the Mankind label in 1971. However, it was not commercially successful, and her career at one point became confused with that of "the real" Doris Duke, a white heiress, who began performing with a gospel choir in New Jersey. [2]
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The Newport Restoration Foundation was founded by Doris Duke in 1968 in Newport, Rhode Island to preserve early housing stock including 18th century colonial homes. Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was the foundation's vice president. [1] [2] It is the largest collection of vernacular architecture in the Northeastern United States.
Another tribute band named Fritha (after the song on The Snow Goose album) is performing in Japan [35] In Sweden there is a tribute band named Lady Fantasy (after the song on the Mirage album). [36] A band named Raha in Iran is doing covers of Camel songs. [37] In Egypt, Andromida is also doing covers of Camel amongst their set. [38]
Both Sinclairs left after the Breathless tour. [2] In early 1979, Camel returned with bassist Colin Bass and former Happy the Man keyboardist/flautist Kit Watkins in place of the Sinclair cousins. [2] Mel Collins also stepped back from the band as a full-time member, although continued to collaborate with them on occasion. [4]
It seems park visitors and not clever camels and goats were behind a pair of daring escapes this summer from a petting zoo at Cedar Point. An inspection report from a visit by the U.S. Department ...