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Is Brooke Astor's Son a Swindler?

In a colorful week of testimony, friends and family describe how Brooke Astor, the grande dame of New York millionaire society, was disabled by Alzheimer’s when her son forced her to revise her will.

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Belt-tightening Broadway theatergoers could do worse than the free Shakespearian drama rife with greed, envy, and family conflict now unfolding in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan.

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