Yeah, Brooke Astor Was Crazy
"And can't nobody stop the juice."
...on the dance floor! Today at the endless Astor trial of horrors, the defense heard from Dr. Norman Relkin, Brooke Astor's neurologist. At one point, he showed his notes from an October 9, 2002 exam of Astor, who was then 100 years old: "Sciatica clear cut exasperation by standing on feet [plus] dancing last night." Well, that's understandable. Who in 2002 could resist Nelly's "Hot In Herre"? [NYP]

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