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Astor, Brooke

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Astor, Brooke (1902–2007)

US socialite, philanthropist, and author. Largely self-educated, she was a magazine journalist and the author of four books. She married three times, and the death of her third husband, Vincent Astor, left her with the fortune that enabled her to become a philanthropist. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.

Astor awarded an average of $9 million a year in grants to civic projects, social projects, and cultural institutions in New York City (notably the New York Public Library).



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