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The Shocking Story Of John Jacob Astor IV, The Multimillionaire Who Went Down With The Titanic
Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying 18-year-old socialite Madeleine Talmage Force. To make the news even more ...
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Inside the Astor family, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties whose descendants are friends with British royals
The iconic Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City was the result of a family feud between John III and William Jr.'s descendants ... Astor's cousin and rival, John Jacob Astor IV, built a taller ...
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HOUSE OF THE DAY: John Jacob Astor's Country Getaway
John Jacob Astor IV went down with the Titanic, but his Stanford White-designed estate in Rhinebeck, New York survives him. Stanford White's great-grandson Sam White has fully restored the place.