NEW YORK (AP) — Millionaire philanthropist and high-society queen Brooke Astor was released from a hospital Saturday, several days after being admitted amid a family dispute over whether she was being neglected by her son.
Astor, 104, left the Lennox Hill Hospital shortly after 1 p.m., said Fraser Seitel, a spokesman for Annette de la Renta, Astor's close friend.
De la Renta, the wife of designer Oscar de la Renta, was appointed as Astor's temporary legal guardian while a court decides who will be her permanent caregiver.
Long considered the grande dame of Manhattan society, Astor ran the Astor Foundation after the death of her third husband, Vincent Astor, in 1959. The foundation gave away approximately $200 million by the time it closed at the end of 1997.
Astor's grandson, Philip Marshall, filed court papers asking that his father, Anthony Marshall, be removed as her guardian. The younger Marshall said his father had denied Astor her high-end lifestyle while using his role as legal guardian to take "millions of dollars."
Anthony Marshall dismissed the neglect allegations this week. A hearing on the guardianship case was set for Aug. 8.