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Feb 8, 2008 · “Bernard and Doris,” a new HBO film directed by Bob Balaban, is like the most delectable kind of Vanity Fair article, one that doesn’t leave you feeling guilty or venal or vaguely nuts...
- Ginia Bellafante
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Bernard and Doris is a 2006 film directed by Bob Balaban. The teleplay by Hugh Costello is a semi- fictionalized account of the relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Irish butler Bernard Lafferty later in her life.
Jul 16, 2020 · In the fall of 1966, billionaire Doris Duke killed a close confidant in tony Newport, Rhode Island. Local police ruled the incident “an unfortunate accident.”
- Peter Lance
Aug 5, 2021 · The truth of the homicide at Rough Point stayed hidden—until my piece broke in Vanity Fair last summer. A tow truck hauls away Doris Duke's car which fatally killed Eduardo Tirella. From...
- Peter Lance
Ignoring Chandi Heffner, the latter-day flower child whom she adopted in 1988, Duke left control of the bulk of her fortune to Bernard Lafferty, her butler of six years. As Heffner fights to...
Feb 6, 2008 · Bernard and Doris. The story of Doris Duke comes outfitted with all the requisite bells and whistles: An obscenely rich tobacco heiress who mysteriously left control over a vast fortune to...
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In the fall of 1966, billionaire Doris Duke killed a close confidant in tony Newport, Rhode Island. Local police ruled the incident "an unfortunate accident." Half a century later, compelling...
