Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying ...

Upon boarding the Titanic, newlywed Madeleine Astor was in the midst of a scandal. At 18, she had just married John Jacob "JJ ...

the Titanic Podcast." “It was hard on all of them," Beadles said. "If J.J. Astor (John Jacob Astor IV) had survived, I’m not convinced life for him — even with all of his money — would ...