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VANDERBILT TRIED TO DISSUADE SON FROM JUMPING, POLICE SAY

Associated Press

316 words

26 July 1988

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDITION: FIVE STAR

PAGE: 12B

English

Copyright 1988, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. .

NEW YORK (AP) - Gloria Vanderbilt, the heiress and designer, was trying to talk

her despondent son out of killing himself when he jumped from a ledge at her

14th-floor apartment and fell to his death, police said Monday.

The son, , 23, had been under treatment for depression over the

last six months. Friends speculated that his depression had been the result of a

breakup with a girlfriend.

Police say went to his mother's home on the Upper East Side for lunch

Friday.

Vanderbilt told police that her son had arrived depressed and that he went

upstairs after lunch to lie down.

''A few hours later, she went to check on him, and she found him sitting on a

ledge,'' Officer Hugh Barry said.

Barry said Vanderbilt was pleading with her son not to jump when he suddenly

pushed himself off.

Toxicological tests were performed to determine whether drugs or alcohol were in

his system when he died, authorities said.

was a 1987 Princeton graduate and a writer and editor at the Public

Interest in Washington and American Heritage in New York.

''I had a very high regard for his intelligence and his literary skill,'' said

Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine and a columnist at The New York

Post. had a piece published in Commentary, a neo-conservative magazine

published by the American Jewish Committee, while he was a student.

Vanderbilt, dubbed the ''poor little rich girl'' when she became the focus of a

heated custody battle in the 1930s, was in seclusion and under a doctor's care,

police said. She has three remaining sons.

Vanderbilt, 64, is a great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the

railroad and shipping magnate. 's father was Vanderbilt's fourth husband,

writer Wyatt , who died in 1978.

Obituary; B

Vanderbilt Son Recalled as Man With High Ideals

By JAMES BARRON

527 words

27 July 1988

The New York Times

Late City Final Edition

English

Copyright 1988 The New York Times Company. .

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

''If we hold his principles for him, if we dream his dreams for him, if we

ennoble what we touch for him, then this reeling world will become a better

place, a place of civility,'' said , who said he had taught and

advised Mr. at the Dalton School.

Among the 2,000 mourners who listened to Mr. describe Mr. were

the First Lady, Reagan, a longtime friend of his mother; the director

Sidney Lumet, a former husband of Miss Vanderbilt; the designer Bill Blass; the

magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes; the actress Dina Merrill, and the editor of

Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. Some of the others who attended were

Princeton University classmates of Mr. , some wearing orange-and-black

ties emblazoned with the school mascot, a tiger. Mr. graduated last year.

Mr. jumped from a ledge of Miss Vanderbilt's Gracie Square apartment on

the Upper East Side last Friday after she tried to talk him out of it, the

police said. Mr. , who went to his mother's apartment for lunch, had been

under treatment recently for depression, the police said . He left no suicide

note. Mr. was 23 years old. A Younger Brother Speaks

Yesterday's service, at St. Episcopal Church at 865 Madison Avenue, at

71st Street, began with brief remarks by Mr. ; two other friends,

Fernanda Eberstadt, a writer, and Bardin, a college classmate of Mr.

's; and Mr. 's younger brother, .

Mrs. Reagan, wearing a black suit with white checks, arrived at the church about

35 minutes before the service began. But she did not enter the sanctuary until

moments before the senior associate to the rector, the Rev. J. Seymour Flynn,

appeared at the altar.

Mr. read passages from F. Fitzgerald and Waugh, and Mr.

Bardin addressed his remarks to Mr. .

''You were so uncompromising with yourself, so tough if someone paid you a

compliment,'' Mr. Bardin said. ''You swam against the tide of popular sentiment,

and for me, this simple daring was invigorating.''

, his voice breaking with emotion, said his brother's soul was

''golden and true.''

''It's hard to believe he's not going to wander in here absent-mindedly, laugh

good-naturedly and apologize for all the trouble he's caused, and then ask Mom

to make him some spaghetti,'' said. ''We must all take heart.

is without pain.''

After the service, Mrs. Reagan and Miss Vanderbilt embraced in Mrs. Reagan's

limousine.

Photo of Gloria Vanderbilt leaving St. Episcopal Church (NYT/Fred R.

Conrad)

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VANDERBILT TRIED TO DISSUADE SON FROM JUMPING, POLICE SAY

Associated Press

316 words

26 July 1988

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDITION: FIVE STAR

PAGE: 12B

English

Copyright 1988, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. .

NEW YORK (AP) - Gloria Vanderbilt, the heiress and designer, was trying to talk

her despondent son out of killing himself when he jumped from a ledge at her

14th-floor apartment and fell to his death, police said Monday.

The son, , 23, had been under treatment for depression over the

last six months. Friends speculated that his depression had been the result of a

breakup with a girlfriend.

Police say went to his mother's home on the Upper East Side for lunch

Friday.

Vanderbilt told police that her son had arrived depressed and that he went

upstairs after lunch to lie down.

''A few hours later, she went to check on him, and she found him sitting on a

ledge,'' Officer Hugh Barry said.

Barry said Vanderbilt was pleading with her son not to jump when he suddenly

pushed himself off.

Toxicological tests were performed to determine whether drugs or alcohol were in

his system when he died, authorities said.

was a 1987 Princeton graduate and a writer and editor at the Public

Interest in Washington and American Heritage in New York.

''I had a very high regard for his intelligence and his literary skill,'' said

Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine and a columnist at The New York

Post. had a piece published in Commentary, a neo-conservative magazine

published by the American Jewish Committee, while he was a student.

Vanderbilt, dubbed the ''poor little rich girl'' when she became the focus of a

heated custody battle in the 1930s, was in seclusion and under a doctor's care,

police said. She has three remaining sons.

Vanderbilt, 64, is a great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the

railroad and shipping magnate. 's father was Vanderbilt's fourth husband,

writer Wyatt , who died in 1978.

Obituary; B

Vanderbilt Son Recalled as Man With High Ideals

By JAMES BARRON

527 words

27 July 1988

The New York Times

Late City Final Edition

English

Copyright 1988 The New York Times Company. .

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

''If we hold his principles for him, if we dream his dreams for him, if we

ennoble what we touch for him, then this reeling world will become a better

place, a place of civility,'' said , who said he had taught and

advised Mr. at the Dalton School.

Among the 2,000 mourners who listened to Mr. describe Mr. were

the First Lady, Reagan, a longtime friend of his mother; the director

Sidney Lumet, a former husband of Miss Vanderbilt; the designer Bill Blass; the

magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes; the actress Dina Merrill, and the editor of

Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. Some of the others who attended were

Princeton University classmates of Mr. , some wearing orange-and-black

ties emblazoned with the school mascot, a tiger. Mr. graduated last year.

Mr. jumped from a ledge of Miss Vanderbilt's Gracie Square apartment on

the Upper East Side last Friday after she tried to talk him out of it, the

police said. Mr. , who went to his mother's apartment for lunch, had been

under treatment recently for depression, the police said . He left no suicide

note. Mr. was 23 years old. A Younger Brother Speaks

Yesterday's service, at St. Episcopal Church at 865 Madison Avenue, at

71st Street, began with brief remarks by Mr. ; two other friends,

Fernanda Eberstadt, a writer, and Bardin, a college classmate of Mr.

's; and Mr. 's younger brother, .

Mrs. Reagan, wearing a black suit with white checks, arrived at the church about

35 minutes before the service began. But she did not enter the sanctuary until

moments before the senior associate to the rector, the Rev. J. Seymour Flynn,

appeared at the altar.

Mr. read passages from F. Fitzgerald and Waugh, and Mr.

Bardin addressed his remarks to Mr. .

''You were so uncompromising with yourself, so tough if someone paid you a

compliment,'' Mr. Bardin said. ''You swam against the tide of popular sentiment,

and for me, this simple daring was invigorating.''

, his voice breaking with emotion, said his brother's soul was

''golden and true.''

''It's hard to believe he's not going to wander in here absent-mindedly, laugh

good-naturedly and apologize for all the trouble he's caused, and then ask Mom

to make him some spaghetti,'' said. ''We must all take heart.

is without pain.''

After the service, Mrs. Reagan and Miss Vanderbilt embraced in Mrs. Reagan's

limousine.

Photo of Gloria Vanderbilt leaving St. Episcopal Church (NYT/Fred R.

Conrad)

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VANDERBILT TRIED TO DISSUADE SON FROM JUMPING, POLICE SAY

Associated Press

316 words

26 July 1988

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDITION: FIVE STAR

PAGE: 12B

English

Copyright 1988, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. .

NEW YORK (AP) - Gloria Vanderbilt, the heiress and designer, was trying to talk

her despondent son out of killing himself when he jumped from a ledge at her

14th-floor apartment and fell to his death, police said Monday.

The son, , 23, had been under treatment for depression over the

last six months. Friends speculated that his depression had been the result of a

breakup with a girlfriend.

Police say went to his mother's home on the Upper East Side for lunch

Friday.

Vanderbilt told police that her son had arrived depressed and that he went

upstairs after lunch to lie down.

''A few hours later, she went to check on him, and she found him sitting on a

ledge,'' Officer Hugh Barry said.

Barry said Vanderbilt was pleading with her son not to jump when he suddenly

pushed himself off.

Toxicological tests were performed to determine whether drugs or alcohol were in

his system when he died, authorities said.

was a 1987 Princeton graduate and a writer and editor at the Public

Interest in Washington and American Heritage in New York.

''I had a very high regard for his intelligence and his literary skill,'' said

Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine and a columnist at The New York

Post. had a piece published in Commentary, a neo-conservative magazine

published by the American Jewish Committee, while he was a student.

Vanderbilt, dubbed the ''poor little rich girl'' when she became the focus of a

heated custody battle in the 1930s, was in seclusion and under a doctor's care,

police said. She has three remaining sons.

Vanderbilt, 64, is a great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the

railroad and shipping magnate. 's father was Vanderbilt's fourth husband,

writer Wyatt , who died in 1978.

Obituary; B

Vanderbilt Son Recalled as Man With High Ideals

By JAMES BARRON

527 words

27 July 1988

The New York Times

Late City Final Edition

English

Copyright 1988 The New York Times Company. .

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

''If we hold his principles for him, if we dream his dreams for him, if we

ennoble what we touch for him, then this reeling world will become a better

place, a place of civility,'' said , who said he had taught and

advised Mr. at the Dalton School.

Among the 2,000 mourners who listened to Mr. describe Mr. were

the First Lady, Reagan, a longtime friend of his mother; the director

Sidney Lumet, a former husband of Miss Vanderbilt; the designer Bill Blass; the

magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes; the actress Dina Merrill, and the editor of

Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. Some of the others who attended were

Princeton University classmates of Mr. , some wearing orange-and-black

ties emblazoned with the school mascot, a tiger. Mr. graduated last year.

Mr. jumped from a ledge of Miss Vanderbilt's Gracie Square apartment on

the Upper East Side last Friday after she tried to talk him out of it, the

police said. Mr. , who went to his mother's apartment for lunch, had been

under treatment recently for depression, the police said . He left no suicide

note. Mr. was 23 years old. A Younger Brother Speaks

Yesterday's service, at St. Episcopal Church at 865 Madison Avenue, at

71st Street, began with brief remarks by Mr. ; two other friends,

Fernanda Eberstadt, a writer, and Bardin, a college classmate of Mr.

's; and Mr. 's younger brother, .

Mrs. Reagan, wearing a black suit with white checks, arrived at the church about

35 minutes before the service began. But she did not enter the sanctuary until

moments before the senior associate to the rector, the Rev. J. Seymour Flynn,

appeared at the altar.

Mr. read passages from F. Fitzgerald and Waugh, and Mr.

Bardin addressed his remarks to Mr. .

''You were so uncompromising with yourself, so tough if someone paid you a

compliment,'' Mr. Bardin said. ''You swam against the tide of popular sentiment,

and for me, this simple daring was invigorating.''

, his voice breaking with emotion, said his brother's soul was

''golden and true.''

''It's hard to believe he's not going to wander in here absent-mindedly, laugh

good-naturedly and apologize for all the trouble he's caused, and then ask Mom

to make him some spaghetti,'' said. ''We must all take heart.

is without pain.''

After the service, Mrs. Reagan and Miss Vanderbilt embraced in Mrs. Reagan's

limousine.

Photo of Gloria Vanderbilt leaving St. Episcopal Church (NYT/Fred R.

Conrad)

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NEWS

VANDERBILT TRIED TO DISSUADE SON FROM JUMPING, POLICE SAY

Associated Press

316 words

26 July 1988

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDITION: FIVE STAR

PAGE: 12B

English

Copyright 1988, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. .

NEW YORK (AP) - Gloria Vanderbilt, the heiress and designer, was trying to talk

her despondent son out of killing himself when he jumped from a ledge at her

14th-floor apartment and fell to his death, police said Monday.

The son, , 23, had been under treatment for depression over the

last six months. Friends speculated that his depression had been the result of a

breakup with a girlfriend.

Police say went to his mother's home on the Upper East Side for lunch

Friday.

Vanderbilt told police that her son had arrived depressed and that he went

upstairs after lunch to lie down.

''A few hours later, she went to check on him, and she found him sitting on a

ledge,'' Officer Hugh Barry said.

Barry said Vanderbilt was pleading with her son not to jump when he suddenly

pushed himself off.

Toxicological tests were performed to determine whether drugs or alcohol were in

his system when he died, authorities said.

was a 1987 Princeton graduate and a writer and editor at the Public

Interest in Washington and American Heritage in New York.

''I had a very high regard for his intelligence and his literary skill,'' said

Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine and a columnist at The New York

Post. had a piece published in Commentary, a neo-conservative magazine

published by the American Jewish Committee, while he was a student.

Vanderbilt, dubbed the ''poor little rich girl'' when she became the focus of a

heated custody battle in the 1930s, was in seclusion and under a doctor's care,

police said. She has three remaining sons.

Vanderbilt, 64, is a great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the

railroad and shipping magnate. 's father was Vanderbilt's fourth husband,

writer Wyatt , who died in 1978.

Obituary; B

Vanderbilt Son Recalled as Man With High Ideals

By JAMES BARRON

527 words

27 July 1988

The New York Times

Late City Final Edition

English

Copyright 1988 The New York Times Company. .

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

, who leaped to his death from the penthouse apartment of his

mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was eulogized yesterday as a young man who moved

through life with grace, affirming ideals and principles he believed in.

''If we hold his principles for him, if we dream his dreams for him, if we

ennoble what we touch for him, then this reeling world will become a better

place, a place of civility,'' said , who said he had taught and

advised Mr. at the Dalton School.

Among the 2,000 mourners who listened to Mr. describe Mr. were

the First Lady, Reagan, a longtime friend of his mother; the director

Sidney Lumet, a former husband of Miss Vanderbilt; the designer Bill Blass; the

magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes; the actress Dina Merrill, and the editor of

Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. Some of the others who attended were

Princeton University classmates of Mr. , some wearing orange-and-black

ties emblazoned with the school mascot, a tiger. Mr. graduated last year.

Mr. jumped from a ledge of Miss Vanderbilt's Gracie Square apartment on

the Upper East Side last Friday after she tried to talk him out of it, the

police said. Mr. , who went to his mother's apartment for lunch, had been

under treatment recently for depression, the police said . He left no suicide

note. Mr. was 23 years old. A Younger Brother Speaks

Yesterday's service, at St. Episcopal Church at 865 Madison Avenue, at

71st Street, began with brief remarks by Mr. ; two other friends,

Fernanda Eberstadt, a writer, and Bardin, a college classmate of Mr.

's; and Mr. 's younger brother, .

Mrs. Reagan, wearing a black suit with white checks, arrived at the church about

35 minutes before the service began. But she did not enter the sanctuary until

moments before the senior associate to the rector, the Rev. J. Seymour Flynn,

appeared at the altar.

Mr. read passages from F. Fitzgerald and Waugh, and Mr.

Bardin addressed his remarks to Mr. .

''You were so uncompromising with yourself, so tough if someone paid you a

compliment,'' Mr. Bardin said. ''You swam against the tide of popular sentiment,

and for me, this simple daring was invigorating.''

, his voice breaking with emotion, said his brother's soul was

''golden and true.''

''It's hard to believe he's not going to wander in here absent-mindedly, laugh

good-naturedly and apologize for all the trouble he's caused, and then ask Mom

to make him some spaghetti,'' said. ''We must all take heart.

is without pain.''

After the service, Mrs. Reagan and Miss Vanderbilt embraced in Mrs. Reagan's

limousine.

Photo of Gloria Vanderbilt leaving St. Episcopal Church (NYT/Fred R.

Conrad)