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The Titanic's Wealthiest Widow Paid The Price
John Jacob Astor IV. Tragically, the iceberg that sank the Titanic also sank her marriage. Earle-Sears deemed GOP nominee for Va. governor as rival fails to make ballot Kurt Russell delights fans ...
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Teenage Titanic victim's fateful words written from 'magnificent' liner to his parents three days before 1912 sinking are revealed in unearthed letter
Some of the wealthiest people in the world were on board, including property tycoon John Jacob Astor IV, great grandson of John Jacob Astor, founder of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Millionaire ...
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Titanic's Scottish scapegoat is CLEARED after 113 years: 3D scans confirm First Officer William Murdoch did NOT abandon his post as the ship sank
Some of the wealthiest people in the world were on board, including property tycoon John Jacob Astor IV, great grandson of John Jacob Astor, founder of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Millionaire ...
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Mistresses, farts and firings: Secrets of NYC’s most famous murals revealed
Famed artist Maxfield Parrish was a Quaker and teetotaler who was hesitant to decorate a watering hole, but he couldn’t resist the $5,000 commission being offered by John Jacob Astor IV in 1906 ...
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12 famous people who died on the Titanic — and 11 who survived
Among the victims was one of the world's richest men, John Jacob Astor. As a new luxury ocean ... SURVIVED: Archibald Gracie IV, historian and author Gracie achieved prominence in the wake of ...
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John Jacob Astor IV
This article is written by William Roka, a historian with the South Street Seaport Museum. Titanic and New York City, ...