Read more Francis Morrissey stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/40099/francis-morrissey.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 02:01:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57763/longtime-friend-testifies-to-astors-senility.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=205154&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331224632' border='0' />A longtime friend of philanthropist Brooke Astor testified yesterday that her faculties were so deteriorated the last time he saw her that she did not recognize him, the New York Daily News reports. Author Louis Auchincloss said the encounter took place 2 years before Astor allegedly changed her will, awarding...Philanthropist Brooke Astor stands in front of a portrait of her late husband, Vinicent Astor, in her Park Avenue apartment in this 1992 file photo.http://www.newser.com/story/57763/longtime-friend-testifies-to-astors-senility.htmlFri, 01 May 2009 12:24:57 CDT