Newport Museum Urged to Fix Big Lie Exhibition on Gay Man s Death
The Newport Restoration Foundation s Rough Point Museum is accused of misrepresenting founder Doris Duke s killing of Eduardo Tirella. April 26 2021 8:45 PM EDT
The author of a book with compelling evidence that billionaire heiress Doris Duke murdered a gay man, Eduardo Tirella, is demanding that the Newport Restoration Foundation remove an exhibit claiming otherwise.
Peter Lance, writer of
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.