Doris Duke is always near the top of the list of the most legendary jewelry collectors in history. The only child of James Buchanan Duke, who started the American Tobacco Company, Doris was dubbed ...

An alleged murder mystery in Newport. The author of a new book says it wasn't a terrible accident when a man at Doris Duke's mansion was killed in 1966. Peter Lance claims the heiress herself did it ...

SOMERVILLE - Though her Hillsborough mansion has been demolished, the spirit of Doris Duke can never be destroyed. That's the theme of Rikki Lyn Hauss's new book, "The Duchess of South Somerville," ...

Through a combination of uneasiness with her mother-in-law’s interference, apprehension about the inescapable social whirl at Palm Beach, and the irritation produced by nine months of living with ...

When Doris Duke, a fabulously wealthy tobacco and power company heiress, ran over and killed a longtime employee and confidant at her Newport, Rhode Island, mansion in 1966, police took her at her ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the 2021 Doris Duke ...

Sallie Bingham’s new biography, “The Silver Swan,” adds a wealth of new material to our understanding of the heiress and philanthropist. By Meryl Gordon Colonial-era homes line the streets of The ...

The 1966 Dodge station wagon roared across the street in Newport, Rhode Island, smashing through a fence before coming to a stop against a tree, its front almost completely caved in. Locals and the ...

HILLSBOROUGH - Members of DORIS (Demolition Of Residence Is Senseless) — the grassroots group opposed to the demolition of the Doris Duke mansion — are hopeful they can win a court fight stopping the ...