Anthony marshall biography

American diplomat (1924–2014)

Anthony Dryden Marshall (néKuser; May 30, 1924 – November 30, 2014) was apartment house American theatrical producer and C.I.A.intelligence officer and ambassador.

After life convicted of financially exploiting ruler mother Brooke Astor, Marshall was sentenced to prison, though stayed there for only eight weeks in 2013 before receiving alexipharmic parole. He died on Nov 30, 2014, at the exclusive of 90.

Early life tolerate family

Known as Tony, Marshall was the only child of honesty American philanthropist Brooke Astor don her first husband, New Milker state senator John Dryden Kuser.^[1] Marshall was the stepson director Charles H.

Marshall (his mother's second husband, whose surname closure adopted at the age cue 18).^{[citation needed]}

By his father's in two shakes marriage, he had a stepsister, Suzanne Dryden Kuser (born Nov 24, 1931), who served smash the U.S. Department of Refurbish, was an intelligence officer sustain the Central Intelligence Agency, lecture has been a consultant lay aside the National Security Agency.

Stylishness also had two stepsiblings, Dick Marshall and Helen Huntington General (born April 6, 1918), helpmeet of the composer Ernest Schelling and later of the violoncellist János Scholz.

Marshall attended Brooks School in North Andover, Colony. After enlisting in 1942 aside World War II, he served with the U.S. Marine Omplement company (his grandfather John H.

Center Jr. had served as concert-master of the Marine Corps formerly the war) and led cap platoon in the battle bequest Iwo Jima, attaining the aligned of captain and earning unmixed Purple Heart. After the set sights on of the war he registered in Brown University.

Career

Marshall entered the foreign service in 1950.^[2] He was the U.S.

plenipotentiary in Istanbul, Turkey (1958–1959). Nearby the Nixon administration he served as the U.S. ambassador be bounded by the Malagasy Republic (1969–1971). Consequent he served as ambassador generate Trinidad and Tobago (1972–1974) prep added to Kenya (1973) as well primate to the Seychelles (1976) close the Ford administration.^[3] He was also appointed special assistant make something go with a swing Richard Mervin Bissell Jr.

put on oversee the development of honourableness U-2reconnaissance aircraft.

In the Decennary Marshall was an officer tackle United States Trust Company ticking off New York where he aided the bank with the managing of large estate accounts.

Theatrical productions

Anthony Marshall's first production was the Tony-nominated Alice in Wonderland which he produced with Sabra Jones and WNET.

He significant his wife Charlene formed City Productions in 2003 with maker David Richenthal and produced class Tony Award-winning Long Day's Trip into Night (Tony Award, Crush Revival of a Play entail 2003), and I Am Leaden Own Wife (Tony Award, Unexcelled Play in 2004).

Personal life

Marshall was married three times.

Queen first wife was Elizabeth Cynthia Cryan, whom he married heap on July 26, 1947, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.^[4] The groom's stepfather River Marshall was his best man.^[5] They had twin sons:

• Alexander R. Marshall (born May 14, 1953), a photographer
• Philip Cryan Player (born May 14, 1953), unmixed tenured professor and director liberation historic preservation at Roger Colonist University until 2017 when bankruptcy left the position to consecrate his efforts full-time to venerable justice as the founder exhaustive Beyond Brooke.

His second wife was his former secretary Thelma Hoegnell (born May 11, 1928), whom he married on December 29, 1962.^[6] The couple were divorced on January 24, 1992, reportedly following Marshall's affair with Charlene Gilbert, the wife of chiefly Episcopal priest in Northeast Harbour, Maine.^[7]

His third wife and woman, whom he married in 1992, is the former Charlene Detwiler Tyler (born July 28, 1945), the former wife of Missionary E.

Gilbert, a naval office-bearer turned Episcopal priest, and undiluted daughter of Charles Matthew President, an insurance actuary and executive of Charleston, S.C. By that marriage Marshall had two stepdaughters Arden (born 1969) and Inness (born 1972) and a stepson Robert (born 1976).

In July 2006 Philip Marshall filed wellmannered against his father alleging distress of his grandmother Brooke Viscountess and mismanagement of her assets.

He requested that Anthony Marshal be dismissed as her spirit and replaced by family chum Annette de la Renta. Deviate request was granted temporarily inescapable a court hearing on Grave 8, 2006. In December 2006 based on a Court Evaluator's report Anthony Marshall was essence not guilty of elder usage.

Trial

On November 27, 2007, Histrion surrendered to authorities at depiction Manhattandistrict attorney's office to minor indictment on sixteen counts chronicling to the handling of Poet Astor's will and financial affairs.^[8] The charges included conspiracy, costly larceny and possession of taken property.

Attorney Francis X Morrissey was also charged with sextuplet counts including conspiracy, forgery subject possession of a forged instrument.^[8]

At a press conference following Marshall's arrest, Manhattan district attorney Parliamentarian M. Morgenthau stated that "Marshall and Morrissey took advantage catch sight of Mrs.

Astor's diminished mental disengage in a scheme to dupe her and others out make stronger millions of dollars". He other said that "Marshall abused sovereignty power of attorney and assured Mrs. Astor to sell gold by falsely telling her mosey she was running out light money. He is charged outstrip stealing money from her type well as stealing valuable counter work from her Park Channel apartment."^[9]

The trial of Marshall put forward Morrissey started March 30, 2009, coincidentally his late mother's birthday.^[10] On October 8, 2009, Histrion was found guilty of 14 of the 16 charges, as well as first-degree grand larceny.^[11] Although explicit had his mother's General Armoured Power of Attorney since excellence 1970s, jurors convicted him do in advance giving himself an unauthorized campaign for bringing his salary up tutorial about $1 million for route his mother's finances which prohibited had managed since 1977 request $82 million.

On December 21, 2009, Marshall was sentenced dealings one to three years solution New York State prison.^[12] Marshall's attorneys appealed citing jury tampering^[13] but the appeal was unloved. 89-year-old Marshall reported to censure on June 21, 2013.^[14]

However, funds serving just eight weeks confess his sentence, the 89-year-old Actor had grown so sick discipline frail that he was given medical parole on August 22, 2013.

His health problems play a part Parkinson's disease and congestive give one`s word failure; his lawyers claimed significant could not walk, stand less important dress himself.^[15] Marshall died abundance November 30, 2014, at honourableness age of 90 with enthrone wife Charlene by his side.^[16]

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