Astor Club a remark which led to a gangland war (Cornell himself being shot dead in March 1966 in front of witnesses at the bar of the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel) and so, ultimately, to the trials and sentences which destroyed both the Kray and Richardson gangs. Indeed, when the Krays were arrested for the Cornell murder (two years after the fact), they were drinking (at 6 a.m.) at The Lion pub, Bethnal Green, intending to move on later to the Astor. The Astor survived beyond the era of the Krays and Richardsons and continued to attract wealthy customers. An Astor
Thomas Cornell (artist) (1966), the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship (1966–67), Ford Foundation Grant (1969–70), and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (1993). Cornell was a founding member of the Union of Maine Visual Artists, and served as President from 1991 to 1992. He has also been elected to the National Academy of Design and the Grolier Club. The art of Thomas Cornell is included in the following collections: Thomas Cornell died of cancer at the age of 75 on December 7, 2012. Thomas Cornell (artist) Thomas Browne Cornell (March 1, 1937- December 7, 2012) was an American artist. Cornell was known