Mrs. Astor Regrets (54 page)

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 "I suggest maybe": Cindy Adams. "Victim's Sister Rips Planned O.J. Book,"
New York Post,
Aug. 22, 2007, p. 14.

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 "My father walked over": Author interview with Alec Marshall at his home, Dec. 12, 2007.
"I couldn't be more honored": Author phone interview with John Hart, Aug. 2007.

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 "It was as if": Author interview with confidential source.

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 "It was perfectly pleasant": Author phone interview with Emily Harding, Aug. 2007.
"It's as if Tony": Author interview with confidential source.
"We just stopped by": Lorena Mongelli and Lukas Alpert, "Secret Burial for Brooke,"
New York Post,
Aug. 19, 2007, p. 15.
"I never thought": Author interview with Ramon Acosta, Dec. 12, 2007.

14.
FAMILY PLOT

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"We connected straight up": Author interview with Philip Marshall, multiple interviews, July 28, 2006–June 2008.
"I feel a bit like": Author interview with Susan Robbins, multiple interviews, Sept. 5, 2007.
"This is a nightmare": Westchester County Surrogate's Court, Sept. 5, 2007, transcript.

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 "Brooke specifically didn't want them": Author phone interview with Robert Pirie, Sept. 2007.
"Torturous": Author interview with Charlene Marshall at Westchester County Surrogate's Court, Sept. 5, 2007.

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 "I'm eighty-three": Author interview with Tony Marshall at Westchester County Surrogate's Court, Sept. 5, 2007.
"I didn't think he looked well": Author interview with Philip Marshall, Sept. 5, 2007.

260 "We were not invited"; Author interview with Tony Marshall at the Metropolitan Museum, Sept. 28, 2007.

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 "Brooke said, 'Oh'"; Author eyewitness account, New York Public Library, Sept. 11, 2007.
"All we do is": Author interview with Charlene Marshall at the Metropolitan Museum, Sept. 28, 2007.
"the most extraordinary thing": Author phone interview with Viscount William Astor, Dec. 26, 2007.

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 "All the help"; Author interview with Alice Perdue at the Metropolitan Museum, Sept. 28, 2007.
"I'd rather say things": Author interview with Chris Ely at the Metropolitan Museum, Sept. 28, 2007.

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 the couple had attended: "Sightings,"
New York Post,
Dec. 31, 2007, p. 11.
"If one didn't know": Author interview with Marilyn Berger at her home, Nov. 14, 2007.
"They are the death of civilization": Author interview with Tony Marshall at Westchester County Surrogate's Court, Oct. 18, 2007.

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 "I adore him": Author interview with Charlene Marshall at Westchester County Surrogate's Court, Oct. 18, 2007.
"That was perfectly acceptable": Author interview with Paul Saunders in Manhattan, Jan. 29, 2007.

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 "If it wasn't for Philip": Author interview with Dan Castleman in Manhattan, Jan. 8, 2008.

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 "When I had a terrible nosebleed": Steve Fishman, "The Curse of Mrs. Astor,"
New York,
Nov. 19, 2007, pp. 22–27, 106–9.

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 "Philip has not looked": Author phone interview with Nan Starr, Mar. 2008.
"I thought of going downstairs": Author phone interview with Alec Marshall, Mar. 2008.

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 "I sincerely hope": Melissa Grace, "Astor Grandson: Show Dad Mercy,"
Daily News,
Nov. 28, 2007, pp. 5–6.
"swindling Mrs. Astor": Robert M. Morgenthau press conference, Nov. 27, 2007, author eyewitness account and transcript.

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 "Whose suit is that?": Author interview with Shirley Shepard in Manhattan, Nov. 27, 2007.

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 "They may have arrested": Author phone interview with Viscount William Astor, Dec. 26, 2007.
"He was ashen": Author interview with confidential source.

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 "I can argue": Author phone interview with Philip Marshall, Dec. 1, 2007.
"I think that Tony": Author phone interview with Paul Gilbert, Jan. 6, 2008.
"Charlene was so hostile": Author phone interview with Frances Kiernan, Dec. 2007.

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 "Girlsie is a total princess": Author phone interview with Molly Flint, July 1, 2008.

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 "My grandmother used to": Author interview with Alec Marshall, Dec. 12, 2007.

277 Opris "was upset": Laura Italiano, "Battle 'Royal,'"
New York Post,
Feb. 26, 2008, p. 15.

15.
THE PEOPLE V. ANTHONY MARSHALL

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 "It was a jury of peers": Author interview with confidential source, May 2009.
"I'm up in the mountains": Author phone interview with Philip Marshall, Apr. 26, 2009.
"I'm just going to tell the truth": Author phone interview with Alec Marshall, Apr. 2009.

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 "Anthony Marshall's preoccupation": Elizabeth Loewy, Manhattan Supreme Court, Apr. 27, 2009.
"Some of us look": Andrea Peyser, "ALL FOR WIFE'S LOVE OF MONEY,"
New York Post,
Apr. 28, 2009, p. 10.
"Prosecutor in Brooke Astor Case Points Finger":
New York Times,
Apr. 28, 2009, p. A19.
"loyal and devoted son": Frederick Hafetz, Manhattan Supreme Court, Apr. 28, 2009.

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 "hard-working lawyer": Thomas Puccio, Manhattan Supreme Court, Apr. 28, 2009.
"Cousin Brooke": Viscount William Astor, Manhattan Supreme Court, Apr. 29, 2009.
"She was not snobbish": Philippe de Montebello, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 4, 2009.
"had trouble remembering": Graydon Carter, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 20, 2009.
"I'm the only person": Author phone interview with Annette de la Renta, May 3, 2009.

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 "I thought it was": Author phone interview with Annette de la Renta, May 14, 2009.
"marker": Author interview with Elizabeth Loewy, May 2009.
"I didn't think": Henry Kissinger, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 7, 2009.
"that man": Joel Seidemann, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 7, 2009.
"a little vague": Barbara Walters, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 7, 2009.

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 "I just go home": Author interview with Tony Marshall, Manhattan Supreme Court, July 9, 2009.
"These lawyers": Author interview with Charlene Marshall, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 22, 2009.
John Eligon: "Not On Trial but Being Judged as a Villain,"
New York Times,
May 7, 2009, p. 1.
"They can say": Author interview with Richard Osterweil at his home, June 22, 2009.

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 "she was having trouble": Alec Marshall, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 19, 2009.
"I walked out": Author phone interview with Alec Marshall, July 3, 2009.
"They never visited": Philip Marshall, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 19, 2009.
"The court reporter's machine": Justice A. Kirke Bartley, Jr., Manhattan Supreme Court, May 20, 2009.

285 "He couldn't find his way": Charlene Marshall, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 22, 2009.
"my husband": Christopher Ely, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 9, 2009.
"The only man": Angela Moore, Manhattan Supreme Court, July 9, 2009.

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 "no good": Dr. Rees Pritchett, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 24, 2009.
"My son is nothing": Dwight Johnson, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 18, 2009.
"He was so unfortunate": Miranda Kaiser, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 9, 2009.
"Did you see": Author interview with Francis Morrissey, June 9, 2009.
"She'd rather have Boysie": Dr. Kevin O'Flaherty, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 4, 2009.
"What the f": Elizabeth Loewy, courtroom argument before Justice Bartley, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 13, 2009.
"She's killing him!": Elizabeth Loewy, courtroom argument before Justice Bartley, Manhattan Supreme Court, May 12, 2009.
"enabling ... giving in": Elizabeth Loewy, Manhattan Supreme Court, April 27, 2009.

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 "They are accusing this honorable": Frederick Hafetz, Manhattan Supreme Court, Apr. 28, 2009.
"A lot of people": Henry "Terry" Christensen, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 1, 2009.
"Did you think": Elizabeth Loewy, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 1, 2009.
"I gave 15 years": Christensen, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 4, 2009.

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 "I last looked": Author phone interview with Elizabeth Wheaton-Smith, June 11, 2009.
"You never know": Author phone interview with Alec Marshall, July 3, 2009.

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 "This is so twisted": Author phone interview with Philip Marshall, June 15, 2009.
"They looked": Lia Opris, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 30, 2009.

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 "I was on trial": Author phone interview with Pearline Noble, July 17, 2009.
"That's all?" Author interview with Christopher Ely, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 10, 2009.
"He did not do one thing": Author interview with Charlene Marshall, Manhattan Supreme Court, June 29, 2009.

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 "Mother's feelings": Tony Marshall letter to Terry Christensen, Feb. 3, 2004.

EPILOGUE: A SUNSET IN MAINE

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 "We were freer": Author phone interview with Nan Starr, Apr. 2008.

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 "She had all these trinkets": Author interview with Philip Marshall, multiple interviews, July 28, 2006–June 2008.
"Every time we went to see Gagi": Author interview with Sophie Marshall, Apr. 2008.
"And not drink:" Winslow Marshall e-mail to author, Apr. 2008.

293 "She loved the little girl": Author interview with Alicia Johnson in Northeast Harbor, Maine, July 2007.

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 "I'd never met any of them": Author interview with Annette de la Renta, multiple interviews, Jan. 29, 2008–July 2008.
"Brooke and I": Nan Starr interview.
"She was a little offended": Author interview with David Rockefeller in his office, Dec. 18, 2007.
"She was impressed": Sophie Marshall interview.

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 "It was really, really important": Nan Starr interview.

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