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Funeral A-List: New Version of Mrs. Astor's 400
New York Times, United States - 4 hours ago
By ERIC KONIGSBERG and SERGE F. KOVALESKI Clockwise from upper left: Brooke Astor, Annette de la Renta, David Rockefeller and Linda Gillies, director of the ...
Battle Likely Over Brooke Astor Will Forbes
Astor's epitaph: 'a wonderful life' Indianapolis Star
Brooke Astor Telegraph.co.uk
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Before she was a philanthropist, Brooke Astor was married to a New ...
Politics NJ, NJ - 1 hour ago
Well known today as Brooke Astor, the socialite and philanthropist who died this week at age 105, she was, in 1925, married to John Dryden Kuser, ...
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Brooke Astor's New York City
Jaunted - 1 hour ago
Society matriarch and philanthropist Brooke Astor passed away on Monday, but her legacy survives--and not just in New York City. Astor ancestor John Jacob ...

Mrs. Astor was a Jersey girl, for a while
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 9 hours ago
BY CHRISTINA JOHNSON The famed philanthropist and society queen Brooke Astor was once a frustrated child-bride in Bernardsville. "If I cried myself to sleep ...

Quotes about Brooke Astor, dead at 105: 'a magical presence'
Newsday, NY - Aug 13, 2007
_ Annette de la Renta, wife of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and Astor's guardian. "She was quite at home with all sorts of people and handled her ...

A Mixed Picture for Congestion Pricing; the Six Newark Murder ...
New York Times, United States - 55 minutes ago
Eric Konigsberg and Mr. Kovaleski examine a list of some 415 people, including 20 close relatives, who are on a preliminary list for Brooke Astor's funeral ...

105 year-old Brooke Astor dies
Showbiz Spy, UK - 17 hours ago
Astor's friend and guardian Annette De La Renta - wife of designer Oscar De La Renta - told the New York Post, "She left the world peacefully in a dignified ...

Astor Funeral Set for Friday at Saint Thomas Church
New York Sun, NY - 17 hours ago
By GARY SHAPIRO The funeral for Brooke Astor has been set for Friday at 2:30 pm at Saint Thomas Church, a member of the church has confirmed. ...

Radar Online

Brooke Astor dead at 105
Suburbarazzi, NY - Aug 14, 2007
Astor was born Brooke Russell March 30, 1902. She was nine years younger than the oldest known person in the world, who, coincidentally, also passed away ...
Neglected Maybe, But Never Forgotten Radar Online
Brooke Astor dies in Briarcliff Manor at 105 White Plains Journal News
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New York philanthropist Brooke Astor dead at 105
Earthtimes.org - 19 hours ago
New York - Millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor, who was as at home in New York's poor neighbourhoods as at glittery parties, has died at age 105, ...

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Just got this piece in the mail and it is SO fun to play. Made a video to see how it sounded and liked it so I thought I'd post it here...more to come as I work on it.

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Brooke Astor
Because of the advanced age, 105, to which Brooke Astor lived and because of the legal battle among that enveloped her final year of life, the philanthropist may be remembered first by some younger New Yorkers as the doddering subject ...

New York: Brooke Astor's New York City
Society matriarch and philanthropist Brooke Astor passed away on Monday, but her legacy survives--and not just in New York City. Astor ancestor John Jacob was considered the country's first millionaire, emigrating here from Germany to ...

Brooke Astor, New York Socialite, Dies at Age 105
Brooke Astor, the New York socialite who parlayed her riches into helping New York's poor, died today at 105. The New York Sun explored her life in a three-part series reproduced below. PART I The Fallen Jewel The tables in the ornate ...

Law Blog Obituary: Brooke Astor
Brooke Astor, New York society's grand dame, died yesterday at the age of 105. We're perhaps a bit too young — or a bit too new to New York — to fully understand who Astor was or what she meant to the city. For help with that, ...

Brooke Astor Remembered
The city of New York is mourning the death of Brooke Astor. The philanthropist, who died yesterday at age 105, had channeled millions from her husband's fortune into a numbers of institutions and organizations - from Carnegie Hall to ...

Battle likely over Brooke Astor will
In life, Brooke Astor was a picture of poise and largesse. With her death, the brewing battle over her estate could be much less dignified. Heirs of the famed philanthropist were at odds even before she passed away, and could clash in ...

New York Philanthropist, Brooke Astor Dies at 105
NEW YORK — Brooke Astor, the civic leader, philanthropist and fixture of New York high society who gave away nearly $200 million to support the city's great cultural institutions and a host of humbler projects, died Monday at 105. ...

Legendary New York philanthropist Brooke Astor dies
Brooke Astor was the grand dame of New York City society and philanthropy - a woman as comfortable in a Harlem youth center as she was in a Fifth Avenue penthouse.

News: Brooke Astor, Flexible Battery, Jake Gyllenhaal, iPhone
New York's "Aristocrat of the People" Brooke Astor dies at 105: "...it was a changing social order that Brooke Astor oversaw. Hers was a society defined more by balance sheets than bloodline. It opened its doors to entrepreneurs and ...

With heirs at odds, battle over philanthropist Brooke Astor's will ...
NEW YORK (AP) - In life, Brooke Astor was a picture of poise and largesse. With her death, the brewing battle over her estate could be much less dignified.

New Yorkers Remember Philanthropy's Grande Dame
In statements and in interviews, New Yorkers from a wide variety of cultural, political, artistic, and social circles mourned the death of philanthropist Brooke Astor yesterday. At 105, Astor's largesse touched multiple generations and ...

Goodbye to Brooke Astor
Brooke Astor was the quintessential New Yorker. She passed away yesterday at the age of 105. That alone is an accomplishment. Her finest achievements were really leaving NYC a better place. She gave millions of dollars away to the art ...

And Now She's Dead: Brooke Astor died this afternoon. She was ...
Brooke Astor died this afternoon. She was 105. A grand life—one only slightly marred by having idiots in her family. [City Room]

Brooke Astor Dies at Age 105
Brooke Astor passed away today. A gentleman should never ask a lady her age, but once Brooke Astor passed the century mark, she probably didn't care who knew how old she was. Brooke Astor was the wife of Vincent Astor, the only son of ...

Brooke Astor Is Dead at 105
Brooke Astor, the doyenne of philanthropy and high society, died several hours ago, according to her grandson. NYTimes.com will be publishing an obituary in a short while, and we’ll have more details soon at City Room. ...

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