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Show WILLIAM DIES INENGLAND Man Who Renounced His American Citizenship and Left This Country. LONDON, Oct 19 Viscount Astor of Hever Castle died of heart disease Saturday morning. He had been failing fail-ing in health for a year The body of Viscount Astor is lying in the residence of his son, Waldorf! Astor. member of parliament, in St James Square. Through Viscount Astor's wish his body will be cremated, and It Is tin derstood the ashes will be placed in the private rhapl of his eountr" home, Cliveden al Taplo.v Bucks, now occupied by Waldorf Astor. Viscount Astor (William Walilorr Astor) was born In New York in 1348. the son of John Jacob Astor the founder of the Astor mill Ions He became be-came an expatriate in the 90s. renouncing re-nouncing his Americanship ;ind be coming a British subject. He was made a baron In 1946 and was created ursi iscount Astor Ol never in ij i i Viscount Astor has been reckoned one of the richest men in Encland At the time of his death he still retained! large realty and other financial hold -j ings m the T'nited States, partciular-: ly In New York City. Mr A6tor's death was entirely un expected, although he had been in de J r lining health for months Hp v.illv led about outdoors on Friday as usual : Death came while Mr Astor was in bed Saturday mornlnc, but whether , during his sleep or whether the house 'hold had warning, those in charge of Major Astor's household posttlvel dc el ineii to Bfl J . What arrangeuienl s have been made fOr the funeral or are contemplated have not been announced Pew men of great wealth In England have been so little known to the public pub-lic as William Waldorf Astor It was said that he left America to escape the limelight which newspapers threw upon multi-millionaires. During the first yearn of hi"- rei; dence here he established a posit. o:i in the exclusive social set and en'e,-tained en'e,-tained that circle in accordance with the most conservative British traditions tradi-tions B-ut he never attempted to bc-COme bc-COme a lender in sport or polities. |