Last Will and Testament of Doris Duke

I, DORIS DUKE, a resident of and domiciled in the State of New Jersey, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills and codicils at any time heretofore made by me.

ONE: A. I direct that there be no funeral service or memorial service of any kind for me and that I be buried at sea.

B. I give my eyes to THE EYE BANK FOR SIGHT RESTORATION INC., New York, New York, and I hereby ratify all that anyone theretofore may have done toward carrying out this gift.

TWO: A. 1. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right, title and interest in and to a certain portion of my real property located in Somerville, New Jersey, known as the "parks area" to my Trustees hereinafter named to be held as a new and separate wholly charitable trust which shall be created upon my death and which shall be known as the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE, and such separate wholly charitable trust shall be administered and distributed subject to the provisions of Article NINE for the purposes hereinafter set forth in this Paragraph 1. All references in this Will to the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE shall refer to such wholly charitable trust. I direct the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE to use the parks area to provide an enclosure to protect endangered species of all kinds, both flora and fauna, from becoming extinct. The funds necessary to operate the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE shall be provided by the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as set forth in Article EIGHT hereof.

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