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Article: Court papers in Astor fight hint at squalid conditions
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- September 1, 2006
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TOM HAYS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-01-2006
Court papers in Astor fight hint at squalid conditions
By TOM HAYS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 09-01-2006, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
NEW YORK — A judge wants the smelly couch and tattered nightgowns that became symbols of the guardianship battle over 104-year-old philanthropist Brooke Astor thrown in the garbage, according to court papers made public on Thursday.
Astor's grandson, who's gone to state Supreme Court in Manhattan seeking to have his father removed as her guardian, has claimed that under his father's care she was reduced to living in squalor in her Park Avenue duplex.
"Her bedroom is so cold ...