WBIR-TV | Astor Heiress Was Neglected Scandalously, Suit Charges Washington Post - She was famous for her glamour and generosity, the grandest of grande dames. For 40 years, Brooke Astor famously spread her considerable wealth -- $200 million to New York's neediest. Doyenne 'living in squalor' at 104 Socialite Brooke Astor victim of elder abuse |