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Roberta Brooke Astor (1902-2007)

Roberta Brooke Astor (1902-2007)

Her father was John Henry Russell Jr, 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Due to her father's career she spent much of her childhood abroad. She was a philanthropist and socialite.

She married her first husband, John Dryden Kuser, at age 17. She later described her first marriage as "the worst years of her life".

In 1953, after the death of her second husband, she married William Vincent Astor, the last rich American member of the famous Astor family - a financial transaction to many. She served as chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation after his death.

Suffered elder abuse by her son.

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