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Brooke Astor's Son Draws Prison Sentence

Dec 21st 2009 – 1:13PM
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NEW YORK (Dec. 21) -- Brooke Astor's son got one to three years in prison Monday for scheming to bilk millions of dollars from the late philanthropist's estate. Marc A. Hermann, Getty Images Anthony Marshall, the 85-year-old son of Manhattan doyenne Brooke Astor, appears in court in April. Anthony Marshall, 85, had been...

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Background on brooke astor

Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell, previously Kuser and Marshall) (March 30, 1902 - August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist and socialite who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor IV and great-great grandson of America's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor.

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