. Who, me? Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Jackie Kennedy) was the wife of John F. Kennedy from 1953 until his assassination in 1963. Advertisement Simon was about 38 years old at the time and already a massive star. The friendship between the Belgian businessman and the Kennedy couple continued for a long time, but only on the sidelines. On Oct. 20, 1968, the widowed first lady stunned the world when she remarried . . But it also marked the end of an extraordinary relationship between the reserved and refined former first lady and the free-spirited singing sensation 16 years her junior. At 16 he followed his father into the diamond industry, forging contacts that would make him a pillar of the diamond import industry. It would emphasize her "noble" French background, and would first appear in Ladies' Home Journal under the byline of Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. | Source: Getty Images. She was 64. Each thud of the auctioneer's gavel will open a Pandora's box of memories: the Van Cleef & Arpels gold rubyanddiamond necklace with matching ring given to her by Aristotle Onassis as wedding presents in the fall of 1968; a wedding dress that many speculate is the gown she wore to marry J.F.K. ONASSIS LEAVES HER CHILDREN BULK OF ESTATE - The Washington Post It was this qualityof intensely shielded painthat those who knew her respected and never dared intrude upon. 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Carly Simon with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at a Labor Day party on the beach. Though Jackie and Warnecke attempted to keep things private, rumors eventually spread. And she also learned to exercise control over her children's exposure to the news media in a very subtle way. It was filled with adventure and wisdom, laughter and love, gallantry and grace. Library, are locked up until 2067. after the services, her body was taken from new york city and laid to rest in arlington national cemetery next to graves of president kennedy, their stillborn daughter, and the son they lost in infancy. As destiny would have it, tragedy would strike the couple and that friendship would later turn into a romance between Maurice and Jackie. She just didn't mind their presence as much as she might have. They also realized the burden of her fame, of being always the center of attention. Many friends now dare speculate that the key to Jackie's characterher mania for control, her ability to deny unpleasantnesswas her relationship with her alcoholic father, Black Jack Bouvier. [14], Tempelsman maintains relations with political and business leaders, in particular government leaders in Africa and Russia, and leading figures in the U.S. Democratic Party. Cynthia McFadden is the senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News. Diamond merchant Maurice Tempelsman was the former first lady's faithful companion for 15 years until his death In just a few days, it will be 27 years since the death of Jackie Kennedy who would now be 92 years old. Inside was a signed cassette of his songs. IE 11 is not supported. They vacationed together in Martha's Vineyard and even hosted then-President Bill and Hillary Clinton aboard Tempelsman's 70-foot yacht, the Relemar, the year before Jackie's death. By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. For those who knew her well, these were three different people. Maurice arranged a meeting with the late American politician and other business associates interested in diamonds. She said aristocrats were not more virtuous than other people'what they had above all was courage, and after that, taste and responsibilityand endurance.'". But we went too far. Between the stones are planted clover and grass to give the site a natural appearance. After we went home together and we talked about how wonderful the whole session was and how divine Placido is, Simon said. She later received $26 million from Aristotle's estate as a settlement. In a cheerful but resigned way, she told me that of course she knew about them, Simon says in her book. | Source: Getty Images. . It was filled with too many taboos. Often publicly noted as a "frequent escort" or "companion," Maurice was the American socialite's third and last great love during the last decade of her life. "She loved them because they were free spirits, unguarded and spontaneouswhat she couldn't be," says an observer. They fled amid the rise of the Nazi party in their country. Both the sale and its contents are dictated by the terms of Onassis's will, signed in March of last year. . A drawing table where she painted was set up in the living room. She banished friends who broke the silence: writer William Manchester, for failing to adhere to her edits for Death of a President; Norman Mailer, an early renegade who, in an Esquire essay, criticized her performance in the CBS White House tour; Ben Bradlee, for describing private dinners and scenes in Conversations with Kennedy; her cousin John Davis for writing Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster; Truman Capote, for his catty portrait of her and her sister in Answered Prayers, and for regaling others with intimate details; and even actor Anthony Quinn, for his portrayal of the Onassis character in the movie The Greek Tycoon (with Jacqueline Bisset an unsatisfactory Jackie figure, wooden and prim, and much being made of the "10 nights a month" prenuptial agreement). In the period right after her divorce from Onassis, the staff at Halston Couture remembers, "she was very careful. In the final hours of her life, Jackie Kennedy Onassis lay in the bedroom of her New York City apartment, surrounded by a group of close friends and relatives, including one of America's most. (Pete Hamill, Louis Auchincloss, and Pamela Harriman were among her specialties.) Fondly called Jackie, the former U.S. first lady's death happened just a day after the doctors noted she was fighting a losing battle with cancer and that they could no longer treat her condition. [2][34] Maurice and Lilly Tempelsman were guests at the State Dinner given at Mount Vernon, Virginia in honor of the President Ayub Khan of Pakistan in 1961. He waited to tell the truth, he says, to avoid calling Jackie "a liar.". Paraphrasing Eleanor Roosevelt, she once told Robert McNamara, "Nobody can humiliate you without your permission.". Forger. These were women who derived their power from the kings and statesmen who loved them, but who eventually exercised power in their own right. Joe had learned from his exposure to Hollywood what his gifted daughterinlaw knew intuitively: that the public might identify with the middle class, but what it craved was royalty. "It was," says designer Carolina Herrera, "an apartment of someone who comes from an old family. Pablo Manzoni, the New York makeup expert, saw Jackie twice in the spring of 1993, and applied her makeup for one of her last gala events, the opening of the American Ballet Theatre on May 17. She gave me advice like nobody else did, Simon said. How exactly did the alleged illegal activity go down? He became the executor and trustee of the socialite's estate. The couple had complimentary personalities and shared interests in art and literature. But Jackie was more than merely useful for his ambitions, and his son's; she was a kindred spirit. Maurice had been Jackie's constant companion during the last 15 years of her life, and her death left the mega-rich diamond merchant heartbroken. [When she] wrote Out of Africa, she left out how badly her husband had treated her. [2] [3] He was the longtime companion of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady of the United States . [25], Tempelsman is a trustee of the Eurasia Foundation,[26] and a director of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs,[27] the Center for National Policy, the Business Council for International Understanding, and the U.S.-Russia Business Council. July 11, 1994. Simon also cherished their relationship for other reasons. "I would do a touch, she would check," he says. He was previously a producer at ABC News, where he worked at Nightline and World News with Diane Sawyer, and at MSNBC. Because she knew he loved her much, much more than any of his dalliances.. William D. Zabel, a leading expert in the field of trusts and estates, says, "The failure to provide any precise guideline for spending huge amounts of money from her newly created foundation makes one wonder what causes Jackie was devoted to other than maintaining her own image and privacy." Short and balding, Tempelsman was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Belgium before his parents emigrated to New York to escape the rising Nazi party. His contacts eventually ranged from South African anti-apartheid politician Oliver Tambo to Zaire's kleptocratic dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko and the influential Oppenheimer diamond family. On the other hand, objectively, she would have been very interested in herself, Simon said. "He was attentive to her and there was warmth between them. Carly Simon describes her Jackie Kennedy deathbed farewell - NBC News When the Kennedy family learned of the book, however, and of Leonard's review, Guinzburg said they exerted all their pressure on Jackie to resign, making it appear as if she had been ambushed by its publication. But in the interview, Simon said it was clear that the friend she knew as Jackie was wounded by some of the presidents behavior. . For a woman who spent much of her adult life in the spotlight, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was almost as famous for her desire for privacy as she was for the roles and relationships that had made her an American icon. With Jackie's death leaving a massive hole in his life, Maurice went on to date a career woman named Alice Kimball Malone, a romantic affair that earned support from his inner circle. Norman Mailer wrote, "Jackie Kennedy Onassis . Before Maurice, Jackie dated one of the world's wealthiest men, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. . Timothy Vreeland recalls her help to his mother, Diana, at the end of her life. Tempelsman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was named a visitor to the Department of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Whenever Simon showed up to a theater for one of their outings, she knew just where to find the famously-private Onassis. What do you think youre going to do, attend openings for the rest of your life?. Darling Carlita, please be my Valentine, it said. Jackie also had another suitor around the same time as Onassis, a British aristocrat. Privately, however, there has been whispering in the gossipy auction world throughout the summer; a confidential source believes that the sale is set for next April. Compared to the Irish-Catholic Prince Charming image of her first husband, President John F. Kennedy, or the flamboyant grandiosity of her second, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, Tempelsman seemed a mild and unassuming choice for the last great love story of an American icon. As directed by her will, White House and J.F.K. I held her hand and told her I loved her, Simon said. [23] An example of his work with the CCA involved assisting government leaders with establishing the New Partnership for Africa's Development. Lessons From the Will of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis It seems strange that the will of one so famous, yet so private, should be available to anyone who asks for it; stranger still that it should be found in a setting as seedy and cramped as the fourthfloor records room of New York's Surrogate Court. Ira Wyman/Getty Images Bettmann/Getty Images Ira Wyman/Getty. With Jackie's death, and the passage of time, the question is still unanswered: Who is the real woman behind the myth? . Tempelsman purchased them from the later-infamous art dealer Robin Symes. Cassini remembers, "She wanted haute couture but with dignity. [37] At Onassis's funeral service, Tempelsman read Constantine P. Cavafy's poem Ithaca, one of her favorites, and concluded by saying: "And now the journey is over, too short, alas, too short.