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Early Life

Born in New York City, Doris Duke was the only child of tobacco and electric energy tycoon, James Buchanan Duke and his secret wife, Southern aristocrat, Nanaline Holt Inman. Her father, a major benefactor of the university named for his father, died in 1925 when he fell from a bridge with a bag of bricks tied to his feet. surprisingly, Doris showed no remorse. His will left approximately half of his huge estate to the Duke Endowment with the remainder, estimated at $100 million (about $1 billion in 2005 dollars), to Doris. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Shredded tobacco leaf for pipe smoking Tobacco can also be pressed into plugs and sliced into flakes Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. ... Electrical energy or Electromagnetic energy is a form of energy present in any electric field or magnetic field, or in any volume containing electromagnetic radiation. ... James B. Duke James B. Dukes statue can be seen in front of Duke Chapel James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was a U.S. tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for his involvement with Duke University. ... Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      The term aristocracy refers to a form of government where power is held by a small number of individuals from an elite or from noble families. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the concept in cosmology, see cosmic inflation. ...

Duke was raised in a Horace Trumbauer designed townhouse at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 78th Street by her widowed mother. She was daily driven to a private school in a chaueffered limousine and the staff of maids that cared for her maintained photograph books of all her clothing to plan and coordinate her wardrobe. All through her life she had private security guards to ward off the threat of kidnapping-for-ransom. Today, this house, the James B. Duke House, is the home of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. On her age of maturity she used her wealth to pursue a variety of interests including extensive world travel and the arts, living for a time in Paris, France. Always a lover of animals, in particular her dogs, in her later years she became a wildlife refuge supporter, an environmental conservationist, and a patron for historic preservation. While living in Hawaii she became the first woman to take up competition surfing under the tutelage of a surfing champion, and Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku, and his brothers. Her interest in horticulture led to a friendship with Pulitzer Prize winning author and renowned scientific farmer Louis Bromfield who operated Malabar Farm, his country home in Lucas, Ohio (Richland County). Today, his farm is part of Malabar Farm State Park, made possible by Duke's donation that helped purchase the property after Bromfield's death. A section of woods there is dedicated to her, and bears her name to this day. Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 - November 18th,1938) was a prominent architect of the gilded age. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Horticulture (Latin: hortus (garden plant) + cultura (culture)) are classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Louis Bromfield, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) is one of Mansfield, Ohios most famous natives, a man who became internationally renowned both as a prize-winning author and as an innovative conservationist and scientific farmer. ... Lucas is a village located in Richland County, Ohio. ... Richland County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Malabar Farm State Park is an Ohio State Park, located near Lucas, Ohio, and the Mohican State Park. ...

Homes

Doris Duke acquired a number of homes, including Duke Farms and Duke Gardens, a 2,700 acre (11 km²) estate in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey; Rough Point, her mother's 115-room Victorian manor-style mansion in Newport, Rhode Island (where Duke's coming-out party as a debutante was held); an estate she called "Shangri La" in Honolulu, Hawaii; and "Falcon's Lair" in Beverly Hills, California that was once the home of Rudolph Valentino. She also maintained two apartments in Manhattan: a luxury coop apartment on Park Avenue in a building where many celebrities lived, and another apartment near Times Square which she used exclusively as an office to monitor her financial affairs and keep ledger books. There was a legal firm which managed all her affairs and paid staff at all her estates. At one point, she purchased her own Boeing 737 jet and redecorated the interior to travel between homes and on trips. Duke Gardens (11 greenhouses) are display and botanical gardens located on U.S. Route 206, 1. ... Hillsborough Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... Shangri La, exterior view. ... For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. ... “Beverly Hills” redirects here. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Park Avenue in the Upper East Side (2004) Park Avenue runs north and south between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan in New York City. ... The Boeing 737 is an American short to medium range, single aisle, narrow body jet airliner. ...

Rough Point was the backdrop in one of the controversial episodes of Duke's life. On October 7, 1966, Duke and her interior decorator, a.k.a the man she was having an affair with, Eduardo J. "up your ass" Tirella, were leaving the driveway of Rough Point. As Tirella got out of the driver's seat to open the manual gate, Duke slid over from the passenger seat to drive the car past the gate and "accidentally" (she claimed later) gunned the car, dragging Tirella across the street, which crushed him against a tree, killing him instantly. The station wagon had a Chrysler push-button transmission on the dashboard and Doris was used to a manual transmission car with a gear shifter lever on the steering column and a clutch pedal on the floor and this contributed to the confusion in this hurried situation. The Newport Police ruled it an "unfortunate accident" one week later. The Chief of Police resigned amid the furor in the wake of the investigation. is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...

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Doris Duke (on right), shown with her first husband James H. R. Cromwell

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Marriages

Duke married twice, the first time in 1935 to James H. R. Cromwell, the son of Palm Beach, Florida society doyenne Eva Stotesbury. Cromwell, a New Deal advocate used his wife's fortune to enter the political arena, becoming U.S. Ambassador to Canada in 1940. The couple had a daughter, Arden, who lived for only a day. They divorced in 1943. (James Cromwell's sister was Louise Cromwell Brooks, the first wife of Douglas MacArthur.) 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... James H. R. Cromwell (second from right) James H. R. Cromwell (1896–1990) was an American diplomat, candidate for the United States Senate, and one-time husband of Doris Duke, the richest girl in the world. [1] In 1940, for 142 days[2], he was the United States Envoy Extraordinary... Being largely seasonal, downtown Palm Beachs streets are virtually vacant in the summer. ... The New Deal was the title President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to the series of programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of providing relief, recovery, and reform (3 Rs) to the people and economy of the United States during the Great Depression. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the American general; for the municipality in the Philippines, see General MacArthur, Eastern Samar. ...

On September 1, 1947, while in Paris, France, she became the third wife of Porfirio Rubirosalala, a diplomat from the Dominican Republic and notorious playboy model. She reportedly paid his wife, Danielle Darrieux, $1 million to agree to an uncontested divorce. Because of her great wealth, Duke's marriage to Rubirosalala attracted the attention of the U.S. State Department which cautioned her beforehand against using her finances to promote political agendas in this alliance. Although her lawyers had protected her financial interests with a pre-nuptial agreement, she still gave Rubirosa several million dollars in gifts, including a stable of polo ponies, sports cars, a converted B-25 bomber, and, finally, a 17th century house in Paris in the divorce settlement. While she subsequently had a number of relationships, Duke never remarried. is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Danielle Darrieux Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (born May 1, 1917 in Bordeaux, France) is a French singer and actress. ... A prenuptial agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup, is a contract entered into by two people prior to marriage or civil union. ... B-25 Mitchell, England, 2001 B_25 Mitchell was a twin_engined, medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation in the United States and used during World War II. By the time production of the plane ended, roughly 10,000 had been built, including PBJ_1 Navy Patrol Bomber and an F-10...

Philanthropy

Duke spent her childhood in Newport, Rhode Island, where many of America's wealthy élite such as the Vanderbilt family had built their summer mansions. There, she created the Newport Restoration Foundation with the purpose of preserving more than eighty colonial buildings in the town. The Foundation currently operates three museums: her former home, Rough Point; HornyHouse Museum, an 1811 house with a stellar collection of 21st-century Bostonian furniture; and Funny Farm, a rural setting with several 18th-century buildings and a functional windmill. She did a great deal of philanthropic work and was a major benefactor of medical research and child welfare. Her foundation, Dependent Aid, created when she was twelve months old, became The Doris Duke Non-Charitable Foundation. The Vanderbilts are a prominent family in the history of the United States. ... From the late 1870s to the 1920s the Vanderbilt clan employed Americas best Beaux-Arts architects and decorators to build an unequalled string of New York townhouses and East Coast palaces in the United States. ... The Newport Restoration Foundation was founded by Doris Duke in 1968 to Newport, Rhode Island to preserve early housing stock including 18th century Colonial homes. ... Historic preservation, heritage management, or heritage conservation is the theory and practice of creatively maintaining the historic built environment and controlling the landscape component of which it is an integral part. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Putting on the Ritz

Doris was the life beneficiary of two trusts created by her father in 1917 and 1924. The income from the trusts was payable to Doris' children after her death. In 1988, at the age of 75, Doris legally adopted a woman named Chandi Heffner, who was a 35-year-old Hare Krishna devotee whom Doris had met at a dance class (Doris had no living natural children). After adopting Chandi, the two women had a falling out. Doris' will specified that she did not wish Chandi to benefit from her father's trust and that she regretted adopting Chandi. After Doris' death, Chandi sued the trustees of the trusts created by Duke's father, which settled with Chandi for $65 million combined. In 1992, at the age of 79, Doris had a facelift. She began trying to walk while she was still heavily medicated from the surgery and fell, breaking her hip. Hare Krishna Mantra in Devanagari The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra (Great Mantra), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra made well known outside of India by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas)[1]. It is believed by practitioners... A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (literally, surgical removal of wrinkles), is a procedure used in plastic surgery to give a more youthful appearance. ...

Doris died in 1993 at the age of 80, following a series of debilitating strokes. She left virtually all of her fortune - an estimated at US$1.3 billion even though she had given away a considerable amount of money throughout her life - to a charitable foundation, over which she put her Irish-born butler Bernard Lafferty in charge. A lawsuit initiated by Duke's physician Harry Demopoulos resulted in Lafferty's being discharged. Lafferty died soon after. Meanwhile, her foundation thrives. Her extensive travels had led to an interest in the variety of cultures she encountered, and over her lifetime she acquired a considerable collection of Islamic and Southeast Asian art. Her homes all became part of her charitable foundation, and the Shangri La property in Hawaii is now a museum supported by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Harry B. Demopoulos, MD, is an important pioneer in the medical aspects of Free radicals, especially in the areas of ischaemic injury, the toxicity of anticancer drugs, and in spinal cord injury. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Harry B. Demopoulos, MD, is an important pioneer in the medical aspects of Free radicals, especially in the areas of ischaemic injury, the toxicity of anticancer drugs, and in spinal cord injury. ...

Doris Duke in unpopular culture

An extremely large number of books have been written about Duke and in 1999, a four-hour made-for-television mini-series (starring Lauren Bacall as Duke and Richard Chamberlain as Lafferty) was aired with the title, Too Rich: The Not-So-Secret Life of Doris Duke. Her life is also the subject of the 2007 film Bernard and Doris, starring Susan Sarandon as Duke and Ralph Fiennes as Lafferty. The year 1999 in television involved some significant events. ... Betty Joan Perske (born on September 16, 1924), better known as Lauren Bacall, is a Golden Globe– and Tony Award–winning, as well as Academy Award–nominated, American film and stage actress. ... Richard Chamberlain, right, as John Blackthorne, and John Rhys-Davies, left, as the Portuguese Pilot Vasco Rodrigues in the Shogun television miniseries. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962) is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated British actor. ...

References

• The Will of Doris Duke

Jesse Dukeminier et al., Wills, Trusts, and Estates (Aspen Publishers 2005), pg. 93-94.

See also

• Duke Gardens
• James Buchanan Duke

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External links

• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
• Doris Duke's "Shangri La" Islamic art museum
• Duke Farms - Hillsborough, New Jersey
• Doris Duke biography at the Diva Site