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Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, ... 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. Because of her great wealth, ...
2 de abr. de 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...
Doris Duke. Doris Duke ( Nueva York, Estado de Nueva York, 22 de noviembre de 1912- Beverly Hills, California, 28 de octubre de 1993) fue una polifacética y acaudalada heredera, filántropa, horticultora, y coleccionista de arte estadounidense . Hija de un inmensamente rico magnate del tabaco, Duke fue capaz de financiar una vida de viajes ...
18 de may. de 2009 · Duke and Rubi were married at the Dominican Embassy in Paris on September 1, 1947, about a year after their first meeting. At nearly six feet, the bride was three inches taller than the groom.
In 1935, Doris Duke married James H. R. Cromwell and embarked on a honeymoon that was more of a global exploration. Traveling through the Middle East and Asia, they amassed a significant art collection. This journey introduced many cultural fascinations that would occupy Duke throughout her life, culminating in a stay in Honolulu, Hawaii.
31 de ene. de 2011 · Doris Duke was born November 22, 1912, to James B. Duke and his second wife, Nanaline Holt Inman. By then, her father had turned the family’s modest tobacco venture into the multinational American Tobacco Company and established the hydroelectric energy enterprise that became Duke Power (now Duke Energy).
On February 13, 1935, Cromwell married Doris Duke. Both supported Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal. He published books to present his economic ideas and advocated tighter control of the Federal Reserve. In 1940, for 142 days, he was the United States Ambassador to Canada.
