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- Died: November 4, 1996
- Death Location: Los Angeles, California
- Spent his life working for celebrities
- Went to rehab for alcoholism
- Inherited $5 million
- Duke's butler for 6 years
- Platonic relationship with Duke
- Ralph Fiennes portrayed him in Bernard and Doris
- Duke fortune was upwards of $1.6 billion
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Bernard Lafferty was the butler of the famous heiress Doris Duke.
Lafferty and Duke formed an intimate relationship as Duke's health deteriorated. When Duke died, she left Lafferty $5 million, as well as making him the co-executor of the estate for $500,000 per year.The New York Times: Bernard Lafferty, the Butler For Doris Duke, Dies at 51 (November 5, 1996)
While Lafferty was removed from his position on the foundations, he kept the inheritance that Duke left him.
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Controversy
There was quite a bit of controversy surrounding Duke's last will and testament. Chandi Heffner Duke, the disinherited adopted daughter, reached a $65 million settlement with Lafferty and the estate in 1995.The New York Times: Bernard Lafferty, the Butler For Doris Duke, Dies at 51 (November 5, 1996)
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