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Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, and socialite. She was often called "the richest girl in the world". [1] Her great wealth, luxurious lifestyle, and love life attracted significant press coverage, both during her life and after her death. [2] Duke's passions varied ...
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.
After bitter and protracted legal proceedings Cromwell and Duke divorced on December 21, 1943. They had a daughter Arden Cromwell born July 11, 1940 who died a day later. Cromwell was married to his third wife, Maxine MacFetridge, from April 24, 1948, [ 5 ] until her death on July 7, 1968. [ 6 ]
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Doris Duke, the famous real-life billionairess, is seen going over her life as she prepares to die. Her life includes the early death of her loving father, being raised by a cold mother, two marriages and numerous affairs that still leave her hungry for love, a fascination with mystics and reincarnation, and a disastrous adoption late in life.
Her brothers were the American mountain climber Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr., and James H. R. Cromwell, the American diplomat and first husband of Doris Duke. After her father's death her mother married prominent investment banker Edward T. Stotesbury in 1912. She made her debut in Washington, DC in 1910. Cromwell married four times. 1911
Erica Ash, the "Mad TV" alum who also starred in "Real Husbands of Hollywood" and "Survivor's Remorse," has died. She was 46. The film and TV actor died Sunday after a "long and courageous battle ...