27.04 / 04:09
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Newport Museum Urged to Fix 'Big Lie' Exhibition on Gay Man's Death
Homicide at Rough Point, sent a copy of his book Monday to Mark Thompson, the foundation's executive director. An accompanying letter says a wall-sized placard at the Rough Point Museum in Newport, R.I., titled “The Accident at the Rough Point Gate" perpetuates the "big lie" that Tirella's killing was unintentional.The Newport Restoration Foundation was founded by Duke two years after her car struck and killed Tirella, her friend and interior designer, in 1966.