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Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer. She served as the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, who was a member of the Astor family.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Brooke Russell Astor (born March 30, 1902, Portsmouth, N.H., U.S.—died Aug. 13, 2007, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) was an American socialite, philanthropist, and writer, who employed her position, wealth, and energies in the interest of cultural enrichment and the poor.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
14 de ago. de 2007 · 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. Astor died of pneumonia at...
The beloved grande dame of New York philanthropy circles and a trustee of The Rockefeller University for 35 years, Mrs. Astor died of pneumonia on August 13 at Holly Hill, her estate in Briarcliff Manor, New York. She was 105 years old.
14 de ago. de 2007 · Brooke 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...
- Marilyn Berger
21 de mai. de 2017 · As we celebrate the centennial of Andrew Carnegie’s benefactions, we also salute Brooke Astor on her upcoming centennial. During her lifetime, she embodied the spirit of New York City, its resilience, its dynamism, its passion, its glorious energy and its faith in the future.
14 de ago. de 2007 · Philanthropist, socialite and consummate New Yorker Brooke Astor died at the age of 105. Over her lifetime, she gave away nearly $200 million, most of it to charities and cultural organizations...
