Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not long before the famed ocean-liner Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic after plowing into an iceberg on a cold, dark April night ...

In “The Second Mrs. Astor,” best-selling author Shana Abe draws an intimate portrait of John Jacob Astor IV as seen through the eyes of his second wife, Madeleine Force Astor. This is historical ...

He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis. Astor's wife, who was 30 years younger than him, was pregnant aboard the Titanic and survived. John Jacob Astor IV was one ...

Madeleine Astor was the queen of New York’s high society when she boarded the Titanic with her new husband, John Jacob Astor IV. Tragically, the iceberg that sank the Titanic also sank her marriage.

John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest people in the world when he met a tragic end when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. His life was marked by amazing innovations, wealth, and scandal.