A Kahala estate built in 1936 as Doris Duke’s retreat, Shangri La welcomes visitors as a museum showcasing Islamic art and ...

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“Doris was a prankster,” says friend Emma Veary, whose Hawaiian mother Duke often enlisted as a traveling companion. “Mother was very dark-skinned, and once, for a party, Doris dressed her in saris, ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – Time is running short, but the attorney for a determined group of preservationists trying to save the Doris Duke estate from the wrecker’s ball says letters received Feb. 19 from ...

The nonprofit that manages the late heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke’s central New Jersey estate plans to raze her mansion on the site, a proposal that has raised hackles among local ...

Having no direct heirs, Duke left the bulk of her billiondollar estate to charity. Among other bequests, her will established the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art to “promote the study and ...