Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: 1929-1994. Kennedy, publishing editor, connoisseur of art, Francophile, mother, widow of John F. Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis, and member by marriage of a most famous family, died of cancer in New York City, where she had been living for some years. Most of the pictures appearing in the press after Kennedy ' s death harked back to her sojourn as First Lady, when she was a model of fashion and elegance for the American people. As a child she experienced an unstable home life in the midst of plenty; as Jack Kennedy ' s wife, and then Aristotle Onassis ' , she had to put on a good front and plan her own life while struggling in the public eye through two unstable marriages. However, in later years, she seemed to find peace with herself through doing what she loved best — editing art and antique books, mothering and grandmothering — and enjoying the company of a kindred spirit, Maurice Tempelsman. — Jean M. Hunsberger 4 V xHill ital ru Lenox Hill Hospital Xi Lenox • «£ .ii Lenox Hi Hospital r Lei Hoi w iH ' Len a Hos| X leno )sp I pi1

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