Maine woman implicated in elder abuse of Brooke Astor dies

Maine woman implicated in elder abuse of Brooke Astor dies

A Maine woman who married philanthropist Brooke Astor’s son and later became a central figure in an elder abuse scandal targeting Astor has died. Charlene Marshall, who was a minister’s wife on Mount Desert Island before she met and married Anthony Marshall, Astor’s only son, was 79 years old. She died this month in Northeast Harbor on MDI, according to the New York Times. Brooke Astor, who died in 2007 at the age of 105, was a fixture in New Yo…