However, Davis was also a professional and not unappreciative of the talent she saw in others and there were several Hollywood actresses with whom she was friendly and remained so for most of her life. Ann Southern was one of them and so was Mary Astor.
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Best-known, however, was John Jacob Astor IV, of the renowned Astor family. His net worth of $87 million, the equivalent of $2.2 billion today, made him amongst the wealthiest men in New York City, and by far the richest man onboard. Astor had made his money mostly through real estate.
Aside from such charitable donations as the library, John Jacob Astor left the bulk of his $20 million fortune (estimated by Forbes magazine to be worth more than $100 billion today), to his second son, William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
| Caroline Schermerhorn Astor | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | William Backhouse Astor Jr. ( m. 1853; died 1892) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Abraham Schermerhorn Helen Van Courtlandt White |
In the end, Astor wins custody of her daughter and while a few pages of her diary were released, they were later destroyed in the 1950s as directed by the settlement.
During the 20th century, the number of American Astors began to decline, but their legacy lives on in their many public works including the New York Public Library. English descendants of the Astors hold two hereditary peerages: Viscount Astor and Baron Astor of Hever.
According to Time magazine, 90 percent of all rich families, from the Astors to the Ziffs, lose their fortune by the third generation.
Astor family, wealthy American family whose fortune, rooted in the fur trade, came to be centred on real estate investments in New York City.
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