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    By Eliza Shapiro 6/05/09 11:43am

    No More Dancing Dogs: Prosecution Finally Lets Brooke Astor’s Laywer Resume His Life

    And on the seventh day, Henry Christensen rested.

    The late socialite Brooke Astor‘s former attorney sat for his sixth (and mercifully final) consecutive day on the witness stand as the trial of Ms. Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, wrapped up its sixth week of testimony on Read More

    By Reid Pillifant 5/28/09 6:54pm

    Brooke Astor’s Former Lawyer Goes On and On About Late Doyenne’s Fickle Estate Planning, Spectators Yawn

    “I do have enough money to buy new frocks, don’t I, Terry?” Brooke Astor had once asked her longtime attorney, Henry “Terry” Christensen.

    He thought she was joking.

    Mr. Christensen, formerly a partner at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, which represented the wealthy socialite for half a century, had been Ms. Read More

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