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        <description><![CDATA[The latest blogs and stories from Ralph Gardner, Jr.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farewell to Hollywood's Last Gentleman]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some say he was overshadowed by his wife, celebrated Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown. But David Brown, the producer of Jaws and Cocoon, who died this week, wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
It was fitting that Helen Gurley Brown rather...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Life After Wasserstein]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  As friends gather to mourn financier Bruce Wasserstein, Ralph Gardner Jr. reports on the future of Lazard Fr&egrave;res, New York magazine, and his sister Wendy's famous daughter.
The sadness among his fellow billionaires at Bruce Wasserstein's...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:17:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside the Astor Verdict]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Brooke Astor's son and his lawyer have been handed a guilty verdict, but Ralph Gardner Jr. still can't crack the trial's central mystery: What made them think they'd get away with defrauding a New York social icon?
What made the Brooke Astor trial,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:10:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Astor Trial's Final Days]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As closing arguments get under way, the attorneys in the epic trial fire their parting shots, and try to weave four months of testimony into a narrative for the exhausted jury. 
After 18 weeks and 70 witnesses, the prosecution in&nbsp;The People vs....]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:15:48 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Nurse Who Saw It All]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Could Pearline Noble, who dubbed the Marshalls "Miss Piggy" and "the golden retriever," help get Brooke Astor's son Anthony off the hook by painting his wife as a villain? 
How's this for a defense strategy if things look any worse for the ailing...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:12:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brooke Astor's $60 Million Signature]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ 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.
In late December 2003, Warren Whitaker, a trust and estates lawyer,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:44:06 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What the Butler Saw]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There are no secrets from the servants. After weeks of celebrity witnesses, Brooke Astor's maid and butler take the stand. Ralph Gardner Jr. reports.
The testimony of Christopher Ely, Brooke Astor's butler, was briefly interrupted Tuesday morning to...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:57:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Had Brooke Astor Lost It?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[That was the question at the Astor trial, as the longtime lawyer for New York society's grande dame was hit hard both by prosecutors and attorneys for the son who seized control of her estate.
The defense has started to present its case for Anthony...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:52:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Astor Circus]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Barbara Walters, Graydon Carter, and Henry Kissinger joined the chorus of witnesses at the Brooke Astor trial who say the society doyenne lost her marbles before she changed her will.
In the real world, Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 May 2009 08:25:28 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The A-List Witness List]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[How can the defense in the Brooke Astor trial possibly call witnesses as charming and believable as socialites Louis Auchincloss, Annette de la Renta, and Nancy Kissinger? 
No offense to the defendants-Anthony Marshall, Brooke Astor's son, and Francis...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 May 2009 05:55:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Evil Daughter-in-Law?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Without changing a word of his mother's will, Brooke Astor's son, Tony Marshall, stood to inherit millions. Did his third wife, Charlene, drive him to want it all?
There was a moment in the courtroom last week when prosecution and defense lawyers...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 May 2009 15:47:04 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Defense's Risky Senility Theory]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest chapter of the Brooke Astor trial involves art-world secrets, a despised daughter-in-law-and new questions about a $20,000 Qing dynasty vase.
The last time Philippe de Montebello was out of his comfort zone was probably back in his days at...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 May 2009 11:24:05 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Brooke Astor's Son a Swindler?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ 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.
Belt-tightening Broadway theatergoers could do...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 May 2009 09:16:14 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madonna, My Neighbor]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ What happens when the Material Girl moves close enough to borrow eggs from me? All the locals hope she'll turn around our frumpy neighborhood.
I got the news that Madonna was moving to my neighborhood-perhaps Manhattan's most unapologetically dull, ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:37:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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