Bernard Lafferty
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When billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke died in 1993, she left her vast estate to Lafferty, her loyal butler. His flamboyant lifestyle would prove his downfall.
Family Silver: Bernard Lafferty
Many of us have a story about inheritance to tell, but actually telling it is a different matter. The Family Silver takes a look behind the headlines at some of the more 'colourful' and high profile inheritance stories of recent years.
Bernard Lafferty's life and his relationship with the richest woman in America, Doris Duke (pictured), was pure Hollywood: it had love, money, obsession & intrigue.
When Doris named her eccentric Irish butler, Bernard Lafferty, originally from Donegal, sole trustee of her 1.2 billion dollar estate; it sent America into a spin.
It was one of the biggest inheritances the world had ever seen, and it would make a lot of people very unhappy, including Bernard.
Many of us have a story about inheritance to tell, but actually telling it is a different matter. The Family Silver takes a look behind the headlines at some of the more 'colourful' and high profile inheritance stories of recent years.
Bernard Lafferty's life and his relationship with the richest woman in America, Doris Duke (pictured), was pure Hollywood: it had love, money, obsession & intrigue.
When Doris named her eccentric Irish butler, Bernard Lafferty, originally from Donegal, sole trustee of her 1.2 billion dollar estate; it sent America into a spin.
It was one of the biggest inheritances the world had ever seen, and it would make a lot of people very unhappy, including Bernard.
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