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Brooke Astor, the philanthropist and New York socialite who gave away nearly $195-million over her lifetime, died of pneumonia last week. She was 105. Several nonprofit causes will probably benefit ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bitter five-year battle over the estate of Brooke Astor, the socialite and philanthropist, was settled on Wednesday in a deal that allows $100 million to be dispensed to ...
(AP) Brooke Astor was the immaculately dressed grande dame of New York City, a philanthropist, taste-setter and host extraordinaire, at ease with kings and queens and world leaders. She adored animals ...
On Monday, a chapter was closed in the social history of New York City: a great dame, the arbiter of New York society, died without leaving any successors. Brooke Astor, who passed away at age 105, ...
The museum says it had no idea at the time, but the heirs say the Met curator who bought and sold the work, a former U.S. Army specialist on looting, should have known better. By Graham Bowley Her ...
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