As soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into ...
PHILADELPHIA, April 10. -- Edward Shippen Willing, father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, died of heart disease to-day at his home, 511 South Broad Street. He had just been driving. He climbed the ...
The woman who once owned Astor died in 2007 at the age of 105 ... In addition to being very close to each other, John Jacob Astor IV was exceptionally close to him as well. The wealthy and powerful ...