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Brooke Astor: (1902-2007).(Tribute)(Biography)
BROOKE ASTOR, the heiress to the oldest fortune in America, was also, rather suitably, one of its greatest philanthropists. The sums were not vast in twenty-first-century terms--she despatched something like US$195 million over thirty-seven years. It might be said by the cynical that she simply enjoyed giving away her late husband's fortune, but it was how she did it that made her so greatly admired. She was fond of quoting the eponymous star of Hello Dolly, "Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around." And vet, despite this earthy quote, Mrs Astor, the Mrs Astor, was nothing like Dolly Levi. She was an exceptional combination of glamour, ...
- Brooke Astor was linked, by marriage, to a great swath of the history of New...
- Magazine article from: National Review September 10, 2007 700+ words
Brooke Astor was linked, by marriage, to a great swath of the history of New York money and social life. John Jacob Astor, fur trader and real-estate sharpie, is memorialized in a subway stop and the Astor Library (ancestor of the New York...
- Brooke Astor, 104, 'left by her son to live in squalor'.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 27, 2006 700+ words
...AMERICAN socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor is living her final days sleeping on...was bequeathed to him by his father John Jacob Astor IV, who drowned in the sinking...twice, according to court papers. John Jacob was the first Astor to arrive in America...
- At 104, Brooke Astor 'left by son to live last days in squalor'.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 27, 2006 700+ words
...AMERICAN socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor is living her final days sleeping on...was bequeathed to him by his father John Jacob Astor IV, who drowned in the sinking...appropriate way at the end of her life.' John Jacob was the first Astor to arrive in America...
- A Blue-Blood Battle Royale; Brooke Astor had always been a paragon of...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek August 7, 2006 700+ words
...Battle Royale" (Aug. 7), we misidentified a picture of Brooke Astor due to inaccurate information provided by the photo agency...Susannah Meadows (With Lee Hudson Teslik) For many years, Brooke Astor was New York City's seemingly ageless Lady Bountiful...
- Lady bountiful: with the passing of Brooke Astor, one of New York's most famous...
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Fiori, Pamela December 1, 2007 700+ words
BROOKE ASTOR came into the world in 1902 and left...Every city in America should have a Brooke Astor to lend help and to give millions of...indication of what lay in store for Brooke Astor as she got older. In "It Isn't the...
- Sophisticated Ladies; Brooke Astor adored Edith Wharton. No wonder Astor's life...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek McGuigan, Cathleen May 7, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Cathleen McGuigan Edith Wharton and Brooke Astor grew up more than a generation apart, and although they...despite her intellectual gifts and ambitions, she--like Brooke Astor--couldn't escape the necessity of marriage. Like...
- New Yorkers bid farewell to Brooke Astor.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) August 18, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Carl Macgowan Aug. 18--Brooke Astor's spirit of generosity, her sense of style -- and her...soul,'" Bloomberg said. "So in more ways than one, Brooke Astor was always the best-dressed woman in New York." Astor...
- A CONTROVERSY GOES PUBLIC.(mistreatment of Brooke Astor by her own son)
- Magazine article from: WWD Sheinman, Mort August 14, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Mort Sheinman When Brooke Astor's name flared into the headlines in July 2006, many people...odds with the discretion and dignity usually associated with Brooke Astor. There was, for example, the accusation - never proven...
