NEW YORK—Anthony Marshall’s trial was a lens on the lives of the famous and monied, featuring testimony from the likes of Barbara Walters and Henry Kissinger.
And it was a window into a sordid tale of greed and intergenerational strife: The son of an elderly, mentally failing philanthropist being accused—by his own son—of taking advantage of her.
Marshall, who died Sunday, saw his aristocratic life unravel as he was convicted in 2009 of raiding the fortune of his socialite mother, Brooke Astor. Marshall was 90.
Marshall, a decorated World War II veteran who later became a diplomat and Broadway producer, died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, said his attorney, Kenneth Warner. Marshall had had heart and other health problems for years.
Marshall was sentenced to one to three years in prison after he was convicted of exploiting his aged mother’s slipping mind to loot her millions.
