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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]
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.
Colacello was the magazine's authority on Doris Duke. [2] [3] The title of the series was derived from the book Too Rich: The Family Secrets of Doris Duke by Pony Duke and Jason Thomas. [4] [5] Manfield's book was the first to be obtained by CBS, which optioned it for a planned miniseries in early 1995. [6]
Murphy was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 2, 1973. [1] [2] His father and grandfather are pastors/bishops. [3] He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2001, with his wife Danielle and two children, to serve as the worship minister at New Birth. [3] He later founded The dReam Center Church of Atlanta in 2006, where Tasha Cobbs was on pastoral staff ...
Much of the remainder of Duke's approximately $100 million (equivalent to $1.79 billion in 2024 [6]) estate went to his daughter Doris Duke, who became "the richest girl in the world". [8] In 1927, Doris sued her mother for control of the family house in Manhattan and won. [9] Doris also successfully sued for control of the Duke Farms estate.
Their son, Leonard, and his wife, Judith, today live in the home. Estée Lauder died in 2004 at age 96. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: Move over, 'Palm Royale': Real ...
A 1977 profile dispelled the myth of MacMurray's wealth, reporting that if he "...sold everything I'd be worth maybe $3 million to $4 million. Maybe". He stated that the myth of his wealth being in league with Doris Duke and the Aga Khan ($75 to $100 million range) stemmed from his life-long frugality.
Doris Duke, American heiress, September 1, 1947 – October 30, 1948; with marital gifts and final settlement he received an alimony ($25,000 per year until remarriage), a fishing fleet off Africa, several sports cars, a converted B-25 bomber (La Ganza), and a 17th-century house in Rue de Bellechasse, Paris. [12]