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May 18, 2009 · The reporter was Doris Duke, heiress to the $100 million American Tobacco fortune. Rubi later remembered, “The three of us had breakfast, she [Duke] seemed lively, jovial, with that je ne...
- The Legend of Rubirosa | Vanity Fair | December 2002
Columns. The Legend of Rubirosa. In the 50s jet set,...
- Did Billionaire Tobacco Heiress Doris Duke Get Away With ...
Next came Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, whose...
- The Legend of Rubirosa | Vanity Fair | December 2002
On September 1, 1947, while in Paris, Duke became the third wife of Porfirio Rubirosa, a diplomat from the Dominican Republic. She paid his second wife, actress Danielle Darrieux , $1 million to agree to an uncontested divorce.
- November 22, 1912, New York City, U.S.
- James Buchanan Duke, Nanaline Holt Inman
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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.
- Diplomat, polo player, race car driver
- July 5, 1965 (aged 56), Paris, France
- Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza, January 22, 1909, San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
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Sep 23, 2005 · When, after the war, the couple were interviewed by Doris Duke, heir to the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune and one of the richest women in the world, Rubirosa suddenly decided that the...
Apr 2, 2014 · While there, she met and married Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, whose legendary reputation for his sexual prowess entranced Duke. Because her wealth was so vast, the U.S. government...