
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, October 29, 1993                   TAG: 9310290165
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

TOBACCO HEIRESS DORIS DUKE DIES

Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress whose father's fortune made her the "richest girl in the world" and propelled her into an international circle of celebrities, died Thursday. She was 80.

Duke, whose family gave Duke University its name, died of a buildup of fluid in the lungs, resulting in cardiac arrest, said Howard J. Rubenstein, a family spokesman.

Her wealth was estimated this year at $750 million, 110th on Forbes magazine's list of the nation's richest people.

Though Duke shunned the media and struggled to protect her privacy, her life was fodder for the gossip columns from the day her father died in 1925 and left her most of his $300 million estate.

Six decades later, the media attention continued. In 1988, she posted $5 million bail for her friend Imelda Marcos, wife of the late Philippines president, Ferdinand Marcos.

by CNB