Name	Brooke Astor
Other Name(s)	Mrs. Vincent Astor
Build	Slim
Eye Color	Green
Hair Color	Brown - Light
Date of Birth	March 30, 1902
Birthplace	Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Star Sign	Aries
Died	August 13, 2007 (Aged 105)
Location of Death	Briarcliff Manor, New York
Cause of Death	Pneumonia
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Socialite
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Father-in-law was John Jacob Astor, who perished aboard the RMS Titanic.

Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the USA`s highest civilian award, by Bill Clinton 1998.

Graduated from the Holton-Arms School in Washington (1919).

As her father was a high ranking marine, she spent much of her childhood living in China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and other locations.

Features editor of "House & Garden" magazine in the 1940s.

Described her marriage to John Dryden Kuser as "the worst years of my life".

She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1988 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.

Author of three books.

Son Anthony D. Marshall is an author, former CIA officer and diplomat. From 1969 to 1977, he served as Ambassador to the Malagasy Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, and the Seychelles.

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