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Brooke Astor's $60 Million Signature

The lawyers were on trial this week in the Brooke Astor case, as her son’s lawyers defended their apparent credulity about her state of mind before signing away her fortune.

Ralph Gardner, Jr.
Ralph Gardner, Jr.
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Ralph Gardner, Jr.

Ralph Gardner, Jr.

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