Ka kammala wannan jumla: Rayuwar farko ta Duke ba ta da kyau. An ambaci mahaifiyarsa sau da yawa a cikin zane-zane; wani ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya ta lura da ita a kwalejin kwalejin Duke cewa "daya daga cikin maza uku da na sani zai yi alfahari da kai". Ya tuna cewa an haife shi sanye da Ray Bans, kuma kusan ba a taɓa ganin sa ba tare da tabarau a cikin tsiri ba. Kamar yadda Jim Andrews ya kira shi a matsayin "42 mai shekaru masu tsalle-tsalle mai tsalle-tsalle" a cikin zane-zane don 6 Yuli 1979, shekarar haihuwarsa na iya zama 1936 ko 1937. Ya gaya wa Earl cewa bai tuna inda ya halarci makarantar sakandare ba. Ya ambaci Honey cewa shi
Ya yi yaƙi a Congo ta Belgium don biyan kuɗin kwaleji. Duk da yake a Haiti, tsohon abokinsa na kwaleji, Robert Vesco, ya ziyarce shi.