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meets Doris Duke, who is in Rome, Italy, to interview Danielle Darrieux for Harper’s Bazaar. As heiress to Duke Tobacco Inc., she’s considered the richest woman in the States.
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marries Doris Duke in Paris. She presents him with a check for $500,000, a flying fortress-turned-private jet, a series of polo horses, and an assortment of sport cars. They settle at a palatial home in the Rue de Bellechasse on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. There he gets his own boxing ring; she gets her personal jazz studio.
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divorces Duke in Paris. She claims mental cruelty. Allegedly she found out about his meeting his ex, Flor de Oro, in Capri and in Rome, Italy.
