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Brooke Astor remembers MDI in will
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; Aug 17, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...New York against his father, Astor's son, Anthony Marshall...father of neglecting Brooke Astor's comfort and care while using...they had given themselves from Astor's estate, including paintings, family silver, jewelry and a 10...
Astor, John Jacob
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography; 700+ Words ...named after his father Jacob Astor, a poor but happy butcher...careful with the little money the family had (a quality she passed on to her son). She died when Astor was three years old. Despite the family's poverty, Astor received a good education from...
David Astor; David Astor, a gentleman editor, died on December 7th, aged 89.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
The Economist (US); Dec 15, 2001; 700+ Words Francis David Langhorne Astor, a gentleman editor, died on December 7th, aged 89 FOR several generations the primary concern of the Astor family was to make money. John Jacob Astor emigrated from Germany to America in the 18th century...
Was Brooke Astor fleeced? In a gripping trial, grand old dame's son is accused of plundering estate.(News)
The Saturday Star (South Africa); May 23, 2009; 700+ Words ...Meryl Gordon, whose book Mrs Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach dissected the...erupted in 2006. That is when Astor's grandson, Philip Marshall...father, Anthony, of letting Astor live in squalor in an unheated...
Transfer of Astor's MDI home disputed 104-year-old's court- appointed guardian questions acquisition in 2003
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; Sep 15, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...appointed guardian of Brooke Astor, who with her late husband's family wealth donated hundreds of...daughter-in-law acquired Astor's former oceanfront property...which are unconnected to the Astor family dispute. The two parcels...
The UK's ASTOR competition could open up a new battlefield surveillance market.(Airborne Stand-off Radar)
Flight International; Sep 23, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...Racal argues that winning the ASTOR contest would give the UK company...versions of its Searchwater 2000 family of airborne early warning and...some export potential for the ASTOR platform, but sees greater...incorporating elements of the ASTOR system's battlefield surveillance...
John Jacob Astor
Encyclopedia of World Biography; 700+ Words ...richest man in America. John Jacob Astor was born in Waldorf, near Heidelberg...convivial butcher. In spite of the family's poverty, Astor was sent to the local schoolmaster...considering the times. When Astor reached the age of 14, his father...
NY Socialite Brooke Astor Dies at 105
AP Online; Aug 14, 2007; 700+ Words ...lot to spread in the family ever since Vincent Astor...grandfather, John Jacob Astor, made a fortune in fur...real estate. Brooke Astor gave millions to what...furniture for homeless families moving in to apartments...said. The final year of Astor's life was marred by a family ...
Astor's Funeral Draws Crowd of Mourners
AP Online; Aug 17, 2007; 617 Words ...philanthropist and society fixture. Astor's wooden casket sat on the...before about 1,000 mourners. Astor died Monday of pneumonia at...months of declining health and family infighting over her care and...social worker who said he met Astor while working on children...
Jury finds Astor's son guilty of looting her estate
Charleston Gazette; Oct 9, 2009; 700+ Words ...said. The trial delved into Astor's shadowy mental state, health problems, finances and family relations. Jurors got crash...Many of them testified about Astor's mental confusion in the...using a photo album to help Astor recall guests at her 100th birthday...
New York Socialite Astor Dies at 105
AP Online; Aug 13, 2007; 700+ Words ...been a lot to spread in the family ever since Vincent Astor's great-great-grandfather, John Jacob Astor, made a fortune in fur trading...New York real estate. Brooke Astor gave millions to what she called...organ; furniture for homeless families moving in to apartments. It...
Astor's Son Indicted in Estate Case
AP Online; Nov 27, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...securities and other property belonging to Astor. Astor, known for decades as the grande...final year of her life, the nasty family feud over her care was splashed all...diet of pureed peas and oatmeal. Astor's friends, Annette de la Renta...
Top owner Jakie Astor dies at 82.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); Sep 14, 2000; ; 700+ Words SIR JOHN ASTOR, a leading member of a prominent racing family, has died at the age...owner-breeders, Astor's best horses were...Sobell-Weinstock family in 1971-which allowed...had ridden most of Astor's big winners and...
The man who bought Manhattan John Jacob Astor, the original American tycoon, preferred making money to spending it
The Sunday Telegraph London; Jun 10, 2001; ; 700+ Words ...the tycoons of later years, Astor was not a philanthropist. His only architectural monument was Astor House, a plush six-storey...eleemosynary endeavour was the Astor Library, which later became...money descended through the family, which was long on heirs and...
Brooke Astor's Son Stunned by Abuse Claims
AP Online; Jul 28, 2006; 628 Words ...Broadway producer, claimed the family spends more than $2.5 million a year to care for Astor at her Park Avenue duplex...court papers filed last week, Astor's grandson accused Marshall, his father, of denying Astor the usual luxuries of a wealthy...
David Astor Dies; British Newspaper Editor, Publisher
The Washington Post; Dec 10, 2001; ; 700+ Words ...war period, transforming his family's newspaper . . . from a...orchestra. . . . Not only did Astor have an instinct for finding...and E.F. Schumacher. Mr. Astor was enamored not by scoring...words added personally by Mr. Astor, said, "We had not realized...newspaper publishing. Yet many ...
Philanthropist Brooke Astor dies at 105
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); Aug 14, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...remarkable woman," longtime family friend David Rockefeller said...that her husband, Vincent Astor, left to help alleviate human...was a lot to spread: Vincent Astor's great-great-grandfather John Jacob Astor made a fortune in fur trading...organ; furniture for homeless families moving to ...
Legal Battle Could Reduce Astor Estate
AP Online; Oct 1, 2007; 700+ Words ...WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brooke Astor, the aristocrat who spent her...charities fear that the nasty family fight over her estate could...Bleak House." That is not what Astor, who died in August at 105...death of her husband, Vincent Astor, in 1959. The family feud...
Brooke Astor's Son Faces Robbery Charges
AP Online; Nov 28, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...about $500,000 each, from Astor's house while she still lived there. Marshall also used Astor's money in 2005 to boost his...million, prosecutors say. Astor, known for decades as the doyenne...year of her life, the nasty family feud over her care was splashed...
Legal Battle May Hurt Astor Charities
AP Online; Oct 1, 2007; 700+ Words ...WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brooke Astor, the aristocrat who spent her...charities fear that the nasty family fight over her estate could...Bleak House." That is not what Astor, who died in August at 105...death of her husband, Vincent Astor, in 1959. The family feud...
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