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Lance, Peter.
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Duke, Doris, 1912-1993.
Tirella, Eduardo.
Lance, Peter.
Celebrities -- United States.
Private investigators -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Murder -- Investigation -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Heiresses -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
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Lance, Peter.
Duke, Doris, 1912-1993.
Tirella, Eduardo.
Lance, Peter.
Celebrities -- United States.
Private investigators -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Murder -- Investigation -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Heiresses -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
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Homicide at Rough Point / Peter Lance.
by
Lance, Peter.
Tenacity Media Books, 2021.
Call #:
364.1523 L246h
Subjects
Duke
,
Doris
,
1912-1993
.
Tirella, Eduardo.
Lance, Peter.
Celebrities -- United States.
Private investigators -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Murder -- Investigation -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Heiresses -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
ISBN:
9780996285599 (hc)
9781736363607 (trade pbk)
Description:
412 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"The untold story of how
Doris
Duke
the richest woman in America got away with murder"--Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-385) and index.
Summary:
"In the fall of 1966, Eduardo Tirella, close confidant of billionaire
Doris
Duke
, informed the possessive and vindictive heiress that he was leaving her employ as chief designer and art curator to return to Hollywood where his career as a set designer was just catching fire. Minutes later, she crushed him to death under the wheels of a two-ton station wagon as they were leaving Rough Point, her Bellevue Avenue estate in Newport, RI, the storied resort. In a murderous quid-pro-quo, the local police quickly ruled the incident 'an unfortunate accident' and
Doris
began giving a fortune to Newport, restoring 70 colonial-era homes that quickly turned it into a tourist Mecca. In 2018, Lance, who started his career as a cub reporter for The Newport Daily News eight months after Tirella's death, began a re-examination of the case and proved that the mercurial tobacco heiress got away with murder. In a riveting, doggedly researched book with 105 ill. -- including never-before seen forensic files -- Lance, a five-time Emmy winner, rewrites history and finally restores the reputation of Eduardo Tirella, a gay Renaissance man and war hero whom
Duke
went to great lengths to erase from the history of her troubled life."--Publisher.
Genre:
True crime.
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