What is Brooke Astor?
{{Infobox person | name = Brooke Astor | image = Brooke Astor grave.jpg | image_size = | caption = Grave of Brooke Astor | birth_name = Roberta Brooke Russell | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|03|30}} | birth_place = [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|08|13|1902|03|30}} | death_place = [[Briarcliff Manor, New York]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | occupation = writer, philanthropist | spouse = [[John Dryden Kuser]]<br>(m. 1919–1930; divorced)<br>Charles Henry Marshall<br>(m. 1932–1952; his death)<br>[[Vincent Astor|William Vincent Astor]]<br>(m. 1953–1959; his death) | children = [[Anthony Dryden Marshall]] | parents = [[John H. Russell, Jr.|John Henry Russell, Jr.]]<br>Mabel Cecile Hornby Howard | relatives= [[John Henry Russell|John Henry Russell, Sr.]] (grandfather) }} '''Brooke Astor''' (born '''Roberta Brooke Russell'''; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an [[Americans|American]] [[philanthropist]], [[socialite]] and [[author]]. She was the [[chairwoman]] for the [[Vincent Astor Foundation]]. The VAF was founded by her third husband, [[Vincent Astor]], son of [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] passenger [[John Jacob Astor IV]]. Brooke Astor wrote two novels. Astor was born in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]. She died in Briarcliff Manor, [[New York]] at age 105 from [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brooke Astor Dies at 105|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/brooke-astor-is-dead-at-105|access-date=Aug 18, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brooke Astor is Dead at 105|publisher=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a5.h9of7cVGo|access-date=Aug 18, 2015}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Astor, Brooke}} [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American socialites]] [[Category:Businesspeop