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Brooke Astor, geboren als Roberta Brooke Russell (Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 30 maart 1902 – Briarcliff Manor , 13 augustus 2007) was een Amerikaans filantroop en society-koningin. Brooke Russell was de dochter van een officier bij het United States Marine Corps.
1 de dic. de 2014 · And it was a window into a sordid tale of greed and intergenerational strife: the son of an elderly philanthropist being accused of taking advantage of her failing mental state. Marshall, who died Sunday, saw his aristocratic life unravel as he was convicted in 2009 of raiding the fortune of his socialite mother, Brooke Astor.
10 de sept. de 2018 · Elle était l'un des noms les plus connus de New York. Milliardaire par mariage et presque par hasard, Brooke Astor disparaît en 2007, à 105 ans, laissant une fortune considérable. Anthony, son fils unique, n'en profitera pas. Deux ans après la mort de sa mère, il est condamné pour captation d'héritage, faux et usage de faux et escroquerie. Quand l'impatience ne paye pas.
18 de ago. de 2007 · The funeral yesterday afternoon for Brooke Astor, the grande dame of society and philanthropy who died on Monday at 105, was, much like the life of Mrs. Astor herself, marked by moments both warm ...
4 de sept. de 2008 · The alleged elder abuse of Brooke Astor began after the marriage of Tony Marshall to his third wife, Charlene Gilbert, in 1992, when Brooke was 90 and within a few years of lapsing into Alzheimer’s.
19 de sept. de 2023 · Cooper and Howe wrote the book as a follow-up to “Vanderbilt,” a chronicle of Cooper’s own famous family that came out in 2021. “Astor” sketches how subsequent generations either built on or frittered away the family’s initial fortune. It ends with the elder abuse case of Brooke Astor in the 2000s. At times, the narrative drifts ...
22 de mar. de 2024 · Brooke Astor around the time we first met. Photo: Mary Hilliard. Today, dream analyst Lauren Lawrence is featuring a dream told to her by Brooke Astor. I did not know Mrs. Astor personally although in the early ‘90s she granted me an interview which I requested when I was working on a book on the Cushing Sisters (it was never written).
