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The Shocking Story Of John Jacob Astor IV, The Multimillionaire Who Went Down With The Titanic
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 ...
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Record auction price for 14-carat gold pocket watch belonging to the richest passenger on the Titanic
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 ...
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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.
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Eric Braeden Says He Was the ‘Only One’ Who Knew ‘Titanic’ Would Be a Hit
Eric Braeden had all the faith in the world that Titanic was going to be a bone fide box office success. The actor played ...
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Inside the Astor family, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties whose descendants are friends with British royals
Johann Jacob Astor worked as a butcher in Walldorf ... and obtained the rank of Viscount in 1917. John IV perished in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. His body was identified two weeks later ...
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Meet the ‘unsinkable’ women of the Titanic
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 ...