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Doris Duke. 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]
Apr 2, 2014 · Born November 22, 1912, in New York City, Doris Duke was the only child of American tobacco baron James Duke and his wife Nanaline. When she was born, the newspapers christened her "the richest...
Oct 29, 1993 · Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress and philanthropist whose bittersweet life was woven of luxury, disputes and interludes of deep unhappiness, died yesterday at her house in Beverly Hills,...
Aug 5, 2021 · V.F. unearths a 1966 eyewitness—a paperboy—who saw heiress Doris Duke right after she may have committed murder. Newport, Rhode Island, police have now opened an investigation.
Apr 7, 2020 · In 1935, Doris Duke, who was known as "the richest girl in the world," decided to build a house in Honolulu. The result was dubbed Shangri La and it remains one of the world’s most beautiful and...
Mar 20, 2021 · When Eduardo Tirella told tobacco heiress Doris Duke he was leaving her employ for the West Coast, she ran him down with her car, according to a new book. The death was ruled an accident.
Doris Duke. Born on Nov. 22, 1912 in New York City, Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Power, and his second wife, Nanaline Holt Inman Duke.
Doris Duke (1912-1993), philanthropist, collector, and preservationist, first came to Newport in 1915 at the age of three when her family began to summer here. Her parents, James B. and Nanaline Duke, would eventually buy Rough Point as a permanent summer home for the family.
Doris Duke. Trustee, 1933–1993. Ms. Duke, the only child of James B. Duke, was born in New York City on November 22, 1912. When Doris was 13, Mr. Duke died and left most of his fortune to her. The press called her “the richest little girl in the world.”.
Who was Doris Duke? Born on November 22, 1912, Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Energy Company, and a benefactor of Duke University.
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