A great benefactor of New York's cultural institutions died this afternoon. The New York Times has posted her obituary.
This city is an immeasurably better place because of her generosity. I thank her.
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Brooke Astor, 1902-2007
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, Aug 13 2007 01:05 PM
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 07:03 AM
Brooke Astor's death, coming hard on the heels of the deaths of Nan Kempner and Pat Buckley, really brings a certain era to a close. The New York social/charity scene will go on, of course, but I doubt we will see again the kind of grand personalities who so dominated post-World War II/pre-millenium New York.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 07:05 AM
What an amazing woman she was!
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