Eduardo Tirella, 42, was the artistic curator and designer for Doris Duke’s estates. ‘Homicide at Rough Point’ By Peter Lance c.2021, Tenacity Media Books $28.79/438 pages I don’t know if there is an afterlife.
But if there is, I hope I don’t meet up with Doris Duke. Why wouldn’t I want to hang out with Duke, the art collector and tobacco heiress, known as the richest woman in America, who lived from 1912 to 1993?
Because in the fascinating book “Homicide at Rough Point,” investigative journalist Peter Lance illustrates how Duke, believed to have had affairs with many men and women, including Errol Flynn, was likely the meanest woman in America.