John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest people in the world when he perished in the Titanic sinking. His life was marked by amazing innovations and wealth, but scandal as well. Astor's wife ...

After the Titanic sunk with her husband John Jacob Astor IV aboard, Madeline Talmage Astor became a rich widow who often ...

Notable names, such as John Jacob Astor IV and Isidor and Ida Straus, were among those who died on the Titanic. There are numerous feature films and documentaries about the Titanic, including "A ...

A gold pocket watch which was recovered from the body of the Titanic’s richest passenger has sold for a record-breaking sum at auction. John Jacob Astor died when the Titanic sank in 1912 ...

From John Jacob Astor IV to Molly Brown ... be true and was kept in the film. He also died during the sinking. Actor Bernard Hill portrayed the Titanic’s actual captain, Edward John Smith ...

John Jacob Astor IV went down with the Titanic, but his Stanford White-designed estate in Rhinebeck, New York survives him. Stanford White's great-grandson Sam White has fully restored the place.

The woman who once owned Astor died in 2007 at the age of 105 ... Astor of Hever are hereditary peerages held by descendants of the Astors. In Titanic's first class, John Jacob Astor was the ...

A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard RMS Titanic sold for £1,175 ... The auction for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch was sold to an American ...