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Anthony Marshall, the son of Brooke Astor, one of New York City’s most celebrated philanthropists, is moving from his posh penthouse to a bigger house – in fact, the really Big House. He was sentenced to jail today (Dec. 21) for strealing millions of dollars from his frail mother in a case of geezer greed gone wild. During the trial, prosecutors called celebrity friends such as ABC 20/20 host Barbara Walters and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to testify on Astor’s behalf.NBC “Today Show” weatherman Al Roker, a parishioner at Marshall’s church, who praised him as a “good son, father and patriot.” Actress Whoopi Goldberg a friend and neighbor, told the judge in a letter that jailing him “would only amount to an unnecessary cruelty that would serve no real purpose.”