As soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into action. He roused his pregnant wife, told her to put on her warmest ...

I knew then it would make a fortune, and I knew then that Leonardo DiCaprio was a damn good actor,' the 'Y&R' icon recalls of ...

The auction for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch ... Astor's body when it was recovered several days after the Titanic sank in April 1912. He died after helping his ...

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.

the Titanic Podcast." “It was hard on all of them," Beadles said. "If J.J. Astor (John Jacob Astor IV) had survived, I’m not convinced life for him — even with all of his money — would ...

This month is the 112th anniversary of the RMS Titanic sinking ... nine famous figures including Madeline Astor, the beautiful teenage bride of John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest men in ...