Homicide at Rough Point: The Untold Story of How Doris Duke The Richest Woman in America Got Away With MurderOn the last full day of his life — October 6th, 1966 — Eduardo Tirella flew into Newport, RI, the storied summer colony of The New York 400.
Doris Duke, the wealthiest woman in America, picked him up at the airport and they drove to Rough Point, her English-manor estate on Bellevue Avenue, known to Newporters as “Millionaire’s Row.” Tirella, whose close friends called him “Eddie,” was about to declare that he was leaving Doris after seven years as her constant companion, artistic curator, and designer at her estates in New Jersey, Bel Air, Honolulu, and Newport.