Madeleine and John Jacob Astor were passengers on the Titanic—but tragically, only Madeleine survived the ship’s infamous sinking.
This 19th-century Nepo baby soon proved he had the wit and cunning to compete with the big boys of the business world—until his life was cut short by a titanic symbol of the very decadence that defined his existence in the first place.
Over a thousand people perished when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. These are their last, heartbreaking moments on Earth.
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