John Jacob Astor IV
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John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, and investor who was a member of the Astor family and also the Livingston family.
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Astor in 1909
Astor as Henry IV of France
Astor and his second wife Madeleine Talmage Force
Ferncliff, the Astor family's country estate in Rhinebeck, New York
Astor with his wife, Madeleine Force Astor, and their Airedale, Kitty
The New York Herald report of the sinking of Titanic. Most reports featured the Astors in the headlines.
Gold Waltham pocket watch similar to the one Astor wore aboard RMS TitanicIn their orbit 8
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About this person
John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, and investor who was a member of the Astor family and also the Livingston family. A writer, as well as a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, he was among the most prominent American passengers aboard RMS Titanic and perished along with 1,495 others when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million when he died.
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