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 1912, the richest passenger aboard helped his frightened bride ...

Not long before the famed ocean-liner Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic after plowing into an iceberg on a cold, dark night in 1912, the richest first-class passenger aboard — a longtime Palm Beach ...

An often-forgotten survivor of the Titanic was John Jacob “Jakey” Astor VI, the “Titanic Baby,” who was in his mother’s womb when the ship sank, and his father perished in the wreck, on April 15, 1912 ...

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, the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, perished in the disaster while his pregnant wife, Madeleine, survived. The couple's significant age difference and Astor's recent divorce ...