Brooke (Mrs. Vincent) Astor

[Mark Baber]

This thread replaces an old one which existed until yesterday, but was apparently lost during the board outage last night. This message duplicates one that I posted to the now-lost thread yesterday before it disappeared.

Brooke Astor, the widow of Vincent Astor (son of JJA and Ava Willing) is the subject of a pending court proceeding in which her grandson alleges that she is being abused by her son. Google's collection of news stories relating to this appears here.

 

[Darren Honeycutt]

Apparently Brooke Astor 104 (John Jacob Astors daughter in law)is being neglected by her 82 year old son and is living in squalor conditions in NYC. She has just been admitted to the hospital according to latest reports.

 

[João Carlos Pereira Martins]

God! Terrible news. I don't want to lose other person with Titanic's connection.

Best, João

[Moderator's Note: This message and the one immediately above it, originally posted as a separate thread under a different topic, have been moved to this pre-existing thread addressing the same subject. MAB]

 

[Shelley Dziedzic]

It is a terrible story-AOL is running this article about it.
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/grandson-alleges-famed-socialite-is/20060726161509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

 

[Randy Bryan Bigham]

Shocking and sad

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Agreed, what a horrible and sad story this is. The thing is though, as noted in the ABC News article in the link that Mark posted, these things have happened a lot and continue to happen, but we just don't hear about it enough, that's the problem. A local TV station did a full report on elderly abuse last year and it was unbelievable how seniors are treated by their family members and caregivers.

The poor woman has to suffer in filth, after she gave a majority of her fortune to arts and culture, and did notable work; it's disgraceful.

 

[James Smith]

It looks like the case has settled; new guardians have been appointed for Mrs. Astor.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/13/brooke.astor.ap/index.html

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Thanks for the link, James. Hopefully she won't have to suffer anymore.

 

[Roy Kristiansen]

Brooke Astor, New York socialite and philanthropist, and widow of John Jacob Astor's eldest son Vincent, has died at the age of 105.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20252428/

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[John Clifford]

Here's the link to the CNN Website article, too:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/13/astor.obit.ap/index.html

There is a brief mention of John Jacob Astor IV in the article, that Vincent was his eldest son, as well as that he (JJ) died on the Titanic.

 

[Beth Barber]

Hey All - Didn't know if any of you heard that Brooke Astor Died (widow of John Jacob Astors oldest son - Vincent) - just an fyi - here is a link to the article I read today. - Beth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070814/people_nm/astor_dc;_ylt=AqUZmLpW0avh6zZKcW.dJdJdDxkF

 

[Beth Barber]

oops - I was typing too fast - it was JJA's Oldest son Vincent....

[Moderator's note: This post and the one above it, were originally posted as a separate thread in another topic, but have been moved to the pre-existing one which is discussing the same subject. JDT]

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Long time, no see Beth. I caught the news yesterday on another forum. A sad day, but at least Brooke's trials and tribulations are over. May she rest in peace.

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

A sad day indeed. Brooke Astor lived quite a life and saw many events. May she rest in peace.

 

[Beth Barber]

Hi Michael - Oh I have still been here - just mainly reading. Over the last couple of months I have been "reading" some well let me put it this way - some "interesting" discussions going on in different parts of this forum. Entertaining!

Hope all is well with you - Beth