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Done & Dunne

212. The Rockefeller Heiress and Her Ballet Boys

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we meet Margaret Strong, granddaughter of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. Dominick Dunne covered her life and times in detail as well as the courtroom battle over her estate in 1987. Margaret is not the only character coming into this epic tale. This Rockefeller heiress had a penchant for effete men – both marrying and supporting them in their dance endeavors too.  All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3

Welcome to Dun & Dun. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, all things Dominic Dunn,

0:38.3

where everything always really does connect.

0:42.3

Thank you for joining me this week for the Rockefeller heiress and her ballet boys.

0:48.6

This one is from Armin Nick himself.

0:51.6

We begin the story of Margaret Strong, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, and

0:58.2

whoa, is there a lot happening in the next few episodes? In 1987 at the time of Dunn's coverage,

1:07.7

Margaret, the Rockefeller heiress in question has passed away and there's a raging court

1:13.5

battle for the remains of her estate who is battling. Margaret's children versus Margaret's much

1:21.8

younger, second husband, much younger by decades. Lace up your point shoes, friends.

1:28.8

There is so much juice loaded in this one to introduce this cast of characters as we begin

1:35.0

this particular saga.

1:37.1

Before we open the curtain in our story today, I do want to give some huge thanks to our

1:42.5

newest Patreon supporters.

1:44.8

Holy cats, big love, and thanks and praise to Brandon S, B-O-B, Rory W, and Nunu-D.

1:53.5

I am so grateful to each of you, new supporters, and always ever so thankful to sustaining

2:00.2

supporters over at patreon.com slash done and done.

2:04.6

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2:09.7

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2:14.3

This week we pulled three Not Done Yets out for you.

2:21.1

We talked about the Big daddy in question from this story, John D. Rockefeller, as well as two of his grandchildren's wives. Happy Rockefeller and

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