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Madeleine Astor: The Gilded Beginnings and Harrowing Survival of the 'Titanic'’s Most Famous Widow
In 1911, a teenaged socialite named Madeleine Talmage Force rose from relative obscurity to land one of the greatest eligible bachelors of her era: a newly divorced Colonel John Jacob Astor IV ...
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Titanic watch worn by millionaire who died on ship set to fetch huge sum at auction
The item in question is a 14-carat engraved Waltham watch that belonged to tycoon Col. John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in the world at the time of his death on the ill-fated liner ...