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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 little 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.
1963–1981. Labels. Jay-Boy Records, Hy-Monty Records, Kent Records, Atlantic Records, Canyon Records, Mankind Records, Contempo Records, SAM Records. Doris Willingham (née Curry, May 18, 1941 – March 21, 2019), [1] known for much of her singing career as Doris Duke, was an American gospel and soul singer, best known for her 1969 album I'm ...
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.
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $10 million to five health organizations to reconsider the use of race in medical algorithms, which research shows can lead to ...
Butler, heir to Doris Duke. Relatives. Jim McCalliog (cousin) 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.
Duke Farms is a center of the Doris Duke Foundation. A decision was made to renovate the estate as "a model of environmental stewardship in the 21st Century and (to) inspire visitors to become informed stewards of the land." [11] While reorganizing the estate little was accessible to the public.
Falcon Lair is an estate above Benedict Canyon in Bel Air, Los Angeles. The estate was built in 1925 by Rudolph Valentino, who named it after his unproduced film, The Hooded Falcon. [1] It is better known as a residence of heiress Doris Duke. [2][3]
Construction of Shangri La took place from 1936 to 1938, [1][2] after Doris Duke 's 1935 honeymoon which took her through the Islamic world. For nearly 60 years, Duke commissioned and collected artworks for the space, eventually forming a collection of over 4,000 objects. [3] The structure was designed by Marion Sims Wyeth.