Biografía

On her way back to Washington from Dallas after her husband's murder Lady Bird Johnson advised her to clean up and change her outfit so that she would be presentable for the television cameras. Mrs. Kennedy, mindful of the impact of the cameras, refused because she wanted the public to see her in the outfit that was still stained with her husband's blood. Being urged to change her mind by those around her she replied, "Let them see what they have done".

She never spoke publicly about her husband's murder.

Mother of Arabella Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. Arabella Kennedy died at birth in 1956. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died from infant respiratory-distress syndrome two days after his birth in 1963. Lastly, John Kennedy, Jr. was killed in a plane crash in 1999, five years after her death.

Won an Emmy award for her 1962 televised tour of the White House.

Although her first husband, President John Kennedy Jr. was one of the wealthiest men to occupy the White House, she received only a modest $25,000 bequest, $70,000 in cash and $200,000 per year in income from his family trust fund, which would cease upon her re-marriage. The remainder of his $10-million estate was held in trust for his two children John Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy. Her marriage to Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis guaranteed her financial freedom--he gave her $3 million at their marriage and established $1-million trust funds for John and Caroline. When he died, she negotiated a $26-million settlement from Christina Onassis, and with help from her companion, Maurice Templesman, her wealth was in excess of $200 million by the time of her death in 1994.

I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

I want to live my life, not record it.

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack [President John F. Kennedy] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.