Brooke Astor: Famous Socialite Robbed

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 4:01 a.m.

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A prominent philanthropist and the epicenter of the New York society scene, Brooke Astor lived a tumultuous but glamourous life. Left a fortune by her third husband, Vincent Astor, Brooke planned to live out her later years at her country estate. But when Brooke\\u2019s son refuses to let her do so, then sells his mother\\u2019s favorite painting (worth over $30 million), grandson Philip decides to step in. Philip\\u2019s efforts to return his grandmother to the country home she loved would uncover one of the most prominent cases of financial elder abuse in U.S. history, with millions lost and a family torn apart.

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