-- Posted on 07/27/2006 1:26:34 AM PDT by Robert Drobot
Edited on 07/27/2006 2:43:56 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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July 27, 2006 -- THE Mrs. Brooke Astor story. Many of us have known for a long while that New York's all-time grandest dame has been exhibiting increased signs of fragility. She's entitled. The woman is 104.
She is also entitled to continue her days in the style befitting one of America's greatest ladies.
She is not entitled to suffer the evils of the ingrate useless underemployed disgusting male heir to whom she gave birth. Anthony Marshall, a son-of-the-rich, is Mrs. Astor's child by her first marriage. An insect who was never successful at anything beyond spending his mother's money, he specializes in nothing. Nobody actually knows what kind of work he's out of.
BY HELEN PETERSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Society queen Brooke Astor is living a twilight hell because of son Anthony Marshall, court papers say.
According to court papers, Brooke Astor, 104, lives in wretched conditions in this Park Ave. building.
Brooke Astor, the patron saint of philanthropy and society in New York, is being forced to live her remaining days in wretched, uncharitable conditions, according to court papers filed by her grandson.
Astor, now 104, is allegedly being kept inside her dilapidated Park Ave. duplex by her only child, Anthony Marshall - who controls her $45 million fortune, yet refuses to spend money for her care.
The stunning blue blood family feud emerged from court documents obtained exclusively by the Daily News.
According to court papers, Marshall:
Cut back on everything from her doctor visits to the brand of makeup she uses.
Won't give Astor a hospital bed fitted with rails, even though she has fallen from her bed.
Ordered her aides to not buy certain medicine at the drugstore because a weaker version is available for less on the Internet.
Wouldn't allow nurses to buy his mother a new outfit for her 104th birthday.
It's hard to tell these two guys apart!
As for the story, if such a famous woman has to suffer people like this, imagine those who don't have $45 mil.
Mrs. Astor's son-of-the-rich is doing his best to spend as little as possible on the care of his mother.
. Not that I condone his actions and don't think he shouldn't be slowly totured......
Cindy Adams' wordcraft is very appropriate. I couldn't agree with her more.
Not according to her grandson.
I'm talking about her writing style in general, not her choice of words in this specific instance, though it, too, is keeping with her general style.
The AP photograher's name is Phil Spector.
No, there is a Phil Spector item further down in the column. His trial is starting.
Tell me, does the female in the photo look like a 'Phil"?
Yep, that is definitely Phil Spector. Yucky looking man. He does resemble Imus, though.
This kid should be so lucky to have his mother at the age of 82. What a brat!!!!
The Phil in the photo looks like a female.
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Maybe. But if you're suggesting that Brooke Astor was a bad mother and created a bad son, recall that this article says nothing about Marshall's father, who is also fifty percent of the equation. There's nothing about Brooke Astor's exemplary life to suggest that she was not a good mother, and it's an outrage to suggest that this is somehow her fault.
People make their own choices about morality no matter how well or badly they're raised.
Good parenting makes a difference, true. I know people who were raised in concentration camps, watching their loved ones getting machine-gunned by Nazis or Pol Pots guys, and they still grew up to be decent human beings; we all know people who were raised in loving homes who grew up to be car thieves and gang members.
..why in the world didn't this woman make provisons with someone else....an uninvolved 3rd party ....someone who would oversee her finances in her later years.
Why leave these choices to the son??????...I don't get it.
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