Astor Trial Delayed as Son Visits Doc

The Brooke Astor trial is on hold because the late philanthropist’s accused son is visiting his neurologist. Anthony Marshall—who is 85, wears a pacemaker, and has survived a heart attack and open-heart surgery—has been looking increasingly frail as the fraud trial unfolds, the New York Post notes. He and his wife left court early yesterday without public explanation. (More Brooke Astor stories.)