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Bookmark or Share- Brooke Astor, 105, Aristocrat of the People, DiesBrooke Astor, who by night reigned over New York society with a decided disdain for pretension and by day devoted her time and considerable resources to New York’s unfortunate, died yesterday...
- The Battle for Mrs. Astor - Vanity FairFrom being queen of New York society and one of her century’s great philanthropists, Brooke Astor became America’s most prominent case of alleged elder abuse.
- Remembering Brooke Astor - The New York TimesToday, we are all saddened by the loss of Brooke Astor, a quintessential New Yorker and one of the great philanthropists of our time. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were the beneficiaries...
- Brooke Astor, 105; N.Y. socialite, philanthropist gave away $200 ...Brooke Astor, the itinerant soldier’s daughter who married her way into the top echelon of Manhattan society and then gave away a fortune, died Monday. She was 105.
- The Rockefeller University » Life Trustee Brooke Astor dies at 105 - NewsBrooke Russell Astor was known as a great conversationalist, but her philosophy regarding her life’s work was something she described succinctly: “Power is the ability to do good things for others.”
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