Biography of nanaline holt inman dukes
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Doris Duke's Final Mystery
'I loved her so much.
Nanaline (Holt) Duke () Mrs "Nannie" (Holt) Inman, afterwards Duke zoom_in 1 images Family Notes / Biography Associated Houses (3) References.
. . . It's so hard for me still, so hard." Chandi Heffner choked back tears as she talked about Doris Duke, the worldly and restless tobacco heiress who legally adopted her in 1988, when Heffner was 35 and Duke was 75, and cast her out less than three years later.
Nanaline "Nannie" Inman / Duke (Holt).Duke died last October, leaving an estate reported to be between $750 million and $1.3 billion and lengthy obituaries which focused on her husbands and lovers, her houses in New Jersey, Rhode Island, California, and Hawaii, her collections of Oriental and Islamic art, her $5 million bailout of Imelda Marcos, and her perplexing relationship with Chandi Heffner.
"When we were together," Heffner continued, "when things were really great, Doris was in wonderful shape.
We used to joke that she'd outlive me. . .
Nanaline Duke was born and raised in Macon, Georgia; a self-possessed beauty, more “steel magnolia” than “Georgia peach.” It was her desire to.
. This whole thing is such a shock." Heffner almost broke down again. "O.K., I'm not going to see her, but. . . sometimes I can't believe it's real."
Heffner was