Editing J. Paul Getty (section)

==Later years and death==
On June 30, 1960, Getty threw a 21st birthday party for a relative of his friend, the [[Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk|16th Duke of Norfolk]], which served as a housewarming party for the newly purchased Sutton Place.<ref name="Pearson1995"/>{{rp|page=119}} Partygoers were irritated by Getty's stinginess, such as not providing cigarettes and relegating everyone to using [[creosote]] [[portable toilet]]s outside. At about 10 p.m. the party descended into pandemonium as party crashers arrived from London, swelling the already overcrowded halls and causing an estimated £20,000 in damage.<ref name="Pearson1995"/>{{rp|page=119}} A valuable silver ewer by the 18th century silversmith [[Paul de Lamerie]] was stolen, but returned anonymously when the London newspapers began covering the theft.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-wild-was-j-paul-gettys-notorious-british-party| title=How Wild Was J. Paul Getty's Notorious British Party?| author=Anthony Haden-Guest| work=The Daily Beast| date=September 27, 2015| access-date=March 30, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920162644/http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-wild-was-j-paul-gettys-notorious-british-party| archive-date=September 20, 2017| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The event's failure made Getty the object of ridicule and he never threw another large party. He remained an inveterate hard worker, boasting at age 74 that he often worked 16 to 18 hours per day overseeing his operations across the world.<ref name="NYTobit" /> The value of Getty Oil shares quadrupled during the Arab-Israeli [[Yom Kippur War]] of 1973, which caused a worldwide oil shortage for years. Getty's earnings topped $25.8&nbsp;million in 1975.<ref name="Pearson1995" />{{rp|page=199}}

Getty met the English interior designer Penelope Kitson in the 1950s and entrusted her with decorating his homes and the public rooms of the oil tankers he was launching. From 1960, Kitson resided in a cottage on the grounds of Sutton Place. Getty and Kitson maintained a platonic relationship and Getty held her in high respect and trust.

Getty's insatiable appetite for sex also continued into his 80s. He used an experimental drug, ''H3'', to maintain his potency.<ref name="vanityfair.com"/> Mistresses who resided at Sutton Place included [[Mary Teissier]], a distant cousin of the last [[Tsar of Russia]]; [[Lady Ursula d'Abo]], who had close connections to the British Royal Family; and Nicaraguan-born Rosabella Burch.<ref name="vanityfair.com"/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote of Getty's domestic arrangement saying that he "ended his life with a collection of desperately hopeful women, all living together in his Tudor mansion in England, none of them aware that his favorite pastime was rewriting his will, changing his insultingly small bequests: $209 a month to one, $1,167 to another."<ref>{{cite news|first=Jane|last=O'Reilly|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/books/isn-t-it-funny-what-money-can-do.html|title=Isn't It Funny What Money Can Do?|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 30, 1986|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211214/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/books/isn-t-it-funny-what-money-can-do.html|archive-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Only Kitson received a significant bequest upon Getty's death: 5,000 shares of Getty Oil, which doubled in value during the 1980s, and a $1,167 monthly income.<ref name="vanityfair.com" />

On June 6, 1976, Getty died of heart failure at age 83 in Sutton Place.<ref name=NYTobit/>