The Resume

(March 30, 1902-August 13, 2007)
Birth name is Roberta Brook Russell
President of the Vincent Astor Foundation (1959-1997)
Died at 105 (August 13, 2007)

Why he might be annoying:

She was married three times.
Her money came from her second marriage to millionaire Vincent Astor, who inherited his fortune when his father went down with the Titanic.
Her husband's brother John Jacob Astor VI contested Vincent's will when he died.

Why he might not be annoying:

John Jacob lost his case against the estate in court.
She was largely self-educated.
She was a nurse during World War II.
She wrote four books.
She and Vincent developed the Vincent Astor Foundation to benefit New York City.
She has awarded an average of 100 grants a year to civic projects, social projects, and cultural institutions in New York City.
She was a major benefactor of the New York Public Library.
She awarded a total of almost $200 million in grants.
She won the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Broadway Theater Namesakes
• I Attended Madeira [McLean Virginia]
• I Did Not Graduate High School [A-B]
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 105)
• I Lived to 100 (Ranked: 105)
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Eating
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11884)
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame - Females (Ranked: 1989)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20070813)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 99 Votes: 71.72% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 260 Votes: 43.85% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 176 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 78 Votes: 60.26% Annoying