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John Jacob Astor IV

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ca. 1890s --- Portrait of financier John Jacob Astor IV, who drowned in the Titanic disaster. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

john-jacob-astor001 john-jacob-astor002John Jacob Astor IV was, in today’s dollars, a billionaire. He died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.  I guess he was one of the few first class passengers to die.