After the Titanic sunk with her husband John Jacob Astor IV aboard, Madeline Talmage Astor became a rich widow who often visited Palm Beach ...

Here’s why we’re still so fascinated by the Titanic. Upon boarding the Titanic, newlywed Madeleine Astor was in the midst of a scandal. At 18, she had just married John Jacob “JJ” Astor ...

After the ship’s massive bronze propellors rose from the sea and the Titanic plunged like a javelin into the icy North Atlantic, Astor went down with it. Madeleine survived. She was among ...