64-524: Onassis may refer to: People with the name [ edit ] Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975), a Greek shipping magnate Alexander Onassis (1948–1973), son of Aristotle Onassis Christina Onassis (1950–1988), a Greek shipping magnate and daughter of Aristotle Onassis Athina Onassis Roussel (born 1985), daughter of Christina Onassis Erick Onasis (born 1968), an American rapper also known as Erick Sermon Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994),
128-413: A $ 2 million villa outside Athens, a gesture that Thyssen felt was an attempt to mold her into just another "Alexander object ... to be manipulated, brutalised and treated on any level and on any terms he chooses." Thyssen only accepted gifts from Alexander if they were paid from the amount that he earned from working. Alexander had taken his first flying lesson in 1967 and had accrued 1,500 flying hours by
192-481: A deal offered by Onassis's rival, Stavros Niarchos , and the project was eventually split between them. The failure was due partly to opposition from influential people within the military junta, such as Ioannis-Orlandos Rodinos, Deputy Minister of Economic Coordination, who opposed Onassis's offers in preference to Niarchos. Onassis married Athina Mary "Tina" Livanos , daughter of shipping magnate Stavros G. Livanos and Arietta Zafiraki, on 28 December 1946. Livanos
256-480: A deal with De Havilland to buy four Comet 4B jets . Onassis was also renowned for his attention to service quality, which led him to buy gold-plated utensils and candles for the dining service of the first-class section. During 1974, the last year of Onassis's involvement with the company, Olympic Airways transported 2.5 million passengers and had a work force of 7,356 persons. At the time, his ownership of Olympic Airways distinguished Onassis as one of only two men in
320-869: A large share in an airline in Latin America and $ 4 million worth of investments in Brazil. Also, he owned companies like Olympic Maritime and Olympic Tourist; a chemical company in Persia; apartments in Paris, London, Monte Carlo, Athens, and Acapulco; a castle in South France; the Olympic Tower (a 52-storey high-rise in Manhattan); another building in Sutton Place; Olympic Airways and Air Navigation;
384-442: A number of factors (namely, a series of strikes, shortage of passengers, fuel price increase, and a law from the new Greek government forbidding Olympic Airways to fire employees) led Onassis to terminate his contract. Following this event, Paul Ioannidis, a high-ranking director from Olympic Airways, said the following of Onassis: "Deep down, [he] did not want to relinquish Olympic Airways. He found it flattering to own an airline. It
448-505: A paid advertisement, Aristotle Onassis announced his offering of a $ 1,000,000 reward (equivalent to $ 6.178 million in 2023) for proof that his son's death had been as a result of "deliberate action" as opposed to the cause of negligence, the conclusion reached by the official inquiry. All charges relating to the crash were later dropped, and McCusker was awarded $ 800,000 in 1978 by Olympic Airways , three years after Aristotle Onassis's death. Onassis had refused to believe that his son's death
512-417: A result of his secret relationship with British model Fiona Campbell-Walter , former wife of Hans Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon . He was later appointed the head of Olympic Aviation , a Greek regional airline owned by his father. Onassis died in hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an air crash at Hellinikon International Airport at the age of 24. The Alexander S. Onassis Foundation
576-487: A salary of $ 12,000 working for his father despite his father's great wealth. Alexander was not an enthusiastic employee. A fellow employee said that he seemed in no "great hurry to prove himself an Onassis." Onassis also described himself as never having spent a day not "intimidated by the old man's wealth." In the mid-1960s, Onassis began a relationship with the French model Odile Rodin , a woman several years his senior. Rodin
640-641: A shipping company used for trafficking heroin. He obtained Argentine citizenship in 1929. Eventually he established his first shipping trading company in Buenos Aires, Astilleros Onassis . After gaining his first fortune in Argentina, he expanded his shipping business worldwide and relocated to New York City , United States, where he built up his shipping businesses empire while keeping offices in Buenos Aires and Athens . His legacy in Buenos Aires
704-511: A successful shipping entrepreneur and sent his children to prestigious schools. When Aristotle graduated from the local Evangelical Greek School at the age of 16, he spoke four languages: Greek (his native language), Turkish, Spanish, and English. Smyrna was occupied by Greece (1919–1922) in the aftermath of the Allied victory in World War I , but then Smyrna was re-taken by Turkey during
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#1732779782936768-537: A telephone operator with the British United River Plate Telephone Company, while following studies in commerce and port-duty administration at Aduanas Argentinas . He later became an entrepreneur, creating an Argentine import-export company, going into business for himself and making a fortune importing English-Turkish tobacco to Argentina. He reportedly told Maria Callas that he made his fortune in Buenos Aires by forming
832-738: The American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France, of respiratory failure, a complication of the myasthenia gravis from which he had suffered the last years of his life. Onassis was buried on his island of Skorpios in Greece, alongside his son, Alexander, and his sister, Artemis. Onassis's will established a charitable foundation in memory of his son, the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation , which received 45% of Onassis's estate. The remainder of his estate
896-576: The Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) . The Onassis family's substantial property holdings were lost, causing them to become refugees fleeing to Greece after the Great fire of Smyrna in 1922. During this period, Onassis lost three uncles, an aunt and her husband, Chrysostomos Konialidis and their daughter, who were burned to death in a church in Akhisar where 500 Christians were seeking shelter from
960-648: The Life Extension Society , but was persuaded against it, and he was embalmed by Desmond Henley . Alexander Onassis was buried next to the chapel on his father's private Ionian island of Skorpios . Reports into the crash by the Greek Air Force and an independent investigator hired by Onassis, the Englishman Alan Hunter, concluded that it had occurred as a result of the reversing of the aileron connecting cables during
1024-667: The Monaco Yacht Club , the Hôtel de Paris and a third of the country's acreage. Onassis's takeover of the SBM was initially welcomed by Monaco's ruler, Prince Rainier III as the country required investment, but Onassis and Rainier's relationship had deteriorated by 1962 in the wake of the boycott of Monaco by the French President, Charles de Gaulle . Onassis and Rainier had differing visions for Monaco. Onassis wished
1088-417: The U.S. government . He was charged with violating the citizenship provision of the shipping laws which require that all ships displaying the U.S. flag be owned by U.S. citizens . Onassis entered a guilty plea and paid $ 7 million. Between 1950 and 1956, Onassis had success whaling off the west coast of South America. His first expedition made a net profit of US$ 4.5 million. International agreements limited
1152-857: The 1960s, Onassis attempted to establish a large investment contract—Project Omega—with the Greek military junta , and he sold Olympic Airways , which he had founded in 1957. He was greatly affected by the death of his son, Alexander , in 1973 and died two years later. Aristotle Socrates Onassis was born in 1906 in Karataş , a suburb of the Ottoman port city of Smyrna (now İzmir , Turkey) in Anatolia to Greek parents Socrates Onassis and Penelope Dologlou. Aristotle had one sister, Artemis, and two half-sisters, Kalliroi and Merope, by his father's second marriage following Penelope's death (1912). Socrates Onassis became
1216-563: The Great Fire of Smyrna. The Asia Minor catastrophe in 1922 was devastating for the Onassis family. His father was imprisoned and his business was transferred to Turkish ownership. The rest of the family fled to Greece where they had to stay in an outdoor refugee camp. In 1923, Onassis returned to Istanbul with $ 250 in his pocket. In August of that year, he arrived in Buenos Aires , Argentina, by Nansen passport , and got his first job as
1280-913: The Kennedy family trust, which she would lose by re-marrying. Upon Onassis's death, she would also continue to receive US$ 150,000 each year for the rest of her life. After Onassis's death, Christina settled with Jacqueline for $ 25 million in exchange for her not contesting Onassis's will. During their marriage, the Onassises inhabited six residences: her 15-room apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue in New York City, her horse farm in New Jersey, his Ave. Foch apartment in Paris (88 Avenue Foch), his house in Athens, his house on Skorpios , and his yacht Christina O . Onassis died at age 69 on 15 March 1975 at
1344-605: The King of Saudi Arabia for securing a tanker transport deal. Since the Arabian-American Oil Co. (currently, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, but still known as Aramco ) had a monopoly on Saudi oil by a concession agreement, the US government was alarmed by the tanker deal. By 1954, a specific U.S. policy for Saudi Arabia, in addition to strengthening the US "special position," was to take "all appropriate measures to bring about
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#17327797829361408-440: The age of 24, from injuries sustained the previous day when his personal Piaggio P.136L-2 amphibious airplane, in which he was a passenger, crashed at Hellinikon International Airport in Athens. Alexander was instructing a potential new pilot of the plane, Donald McCusker, at the time of the crash, in his role as President of Olympic Aviation. Alexander and McCusker were accompanied by Donald McGregor, Onassis's regular pilot, who
1472-541: The cancellation" of an agreement between the Saudi government and Onassis to transport Saudi oil on his tankers and "in any case, to make the agreement ineffective". [Doc. 128] The arrangement would have ended monopoly control of Saudi Arabia's oil by American oil companies, but was forestalled by the US government. For this reason he became a target of the US government and in 1954, the FBI investigated Onassis for fraud against
1536-554: The city with his family to Greece in 1922 in the wake of the burning of Smyrna . He moved to Argentina in 1923 and established himself as a tobacco trader and later a shipping owner during the Second World War . Moving to Monaco, Onassis fought Prince Rainier III for economic control of the country through his ownership of SBM and its Monte Carlo Casino . In the mid-1950s, he sought to secure an oil shipping arrangement with Saudi Arabia and engaged in whaling expeditions. In
1600-553: The country to remain a resort for an exclusive clientele, but Rainier wished to build hotels and attract a greater number of tourists. Monaco had become less attractive as a tax haven in the wake of France's actions, and Rainier urged Onassis to invest in the construction of hotels. Onassis was reluctant to invest in hotels without a guarantee from Rainier that no other competing hotel development would be permitted, but promised to build two hotels and an apartment block. Unwilling to give Onassis his guarantee, Rainier used his veto to cancel
1664-570: The crash, Alexander's father and stepmother arrived from New York at the hospital where Alexander was being treated. The couple were accompanied by an American neurosurgeon. Alexander's mother arrived from Switzerland with her husband, Stavros Niarchos. Aristotle had also flown the English neurosurgeon Alan Richardson from London to Athens, but Richardson later told Onassis that Alexander had no chance of surviving his injuries. Aristotle Onassis considered having his son's body cryogenically frozen with
1728-415: The death of Niarchos's former wife, Alexander's aunt Eugenia Livano-Niarchos . Niarchos later married Onassis's mother, the sister of his former wife. Aristotle's second marriage exacerbated the tensions already inherent in his relationship with his son. He also disapproved of Alexander's secret relationship with Fiona von Thyssen (née Campbell Walter), a British fashion model some 16 years his senior and
1792-410: The deck. Among them all, just one could be considered adult. All animals that pass within the range of the harpoon are killed in cold blood." In 1954 the government of Peru claimed the Onassis fleet were whaling within 320 kilometres (200 mi) of the coast of Peru without permission and sent naval vessels to intercept them. Peruvian air force planes were also sent and dropped bombs that exploded near
1856-616: The end of their father's relationship with the Greek opera singer Maria Callas . Alexander said: "My father loved the names and Jackie loved the money." Despite never liking their stepmother, Alexander and his sister were friendly with her children, Caroline and John , and Alexander would occasionally let his stepbrother ride at the controls of his plane. Aristotle Onassis's friend, John W. Meyer, credited Alexander with persuading his father to stop publicly accusing his business rival and former brother-in-law, Stavros Niarchos , of involvement in
1920-527: The entire hotel project, and publicly attacked SBM for their 'bad faith' on television, implicitly criticising Onassis. Rainier and Onassis remained at odds over the direction of the company for several years and in June 1966 Rainier approved a plan to create 600,000 new shares in SBM to be permanently held by the state, which reduced Onassis's stake from 52% to under a third. In the Supreme Court of Monaco
1984-473: The fact that they were both married. They met in 1957 during a party in Venice promoted by Elsa Maxwell . After this first encounter, Onassis commented to Spyros Skouras : "There [was] just a natural curiosity; after all, we were the most famous Greeks alive in the world." Callas and Onassis both divorced their spouses but did not marry each other, although their relationship continued for many years. Onassis
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2048-733: The factory ship. Most vessels in the fleet were captured by the Peruvian vessels and taken to Payta where they were interned. The venture came to an end after the business was sold to Kyokuyo Hogei Kaisha Whaling Company, one of the biggest Japanese whaling companies, for $ 8.5 million. Norwegian authorities suspected the involvement of Hjalmar Schacht in Onassis's whaling enterprises. Schacht had previously been connected with Onassis's Saudi Arabian deals. In 1956, Greek airlines in general faced economic difficulties, whereby companies like TAE were affected by strikes and cash shortage. The Greek government decided to give this and other companies to
2112-471: The financial stewardship of her companion Maurice Tempelsman . The Boeing 727 which transported Onassis's remains was later purchased for US$ 100,000 by an American electrical engineer and turned into an unconventional private residence in Hillsboro, Oregon . Alexander Onassis Alexander Socrates Onassis ( Greek : Αλέξανδρος Σωκράτης Ωνάσης ; April 30, 1948 – January 23, 1973)
2176-630: The fleet operated under flags of convenience where laws and regulations are looser than those of the owners' country. More austere regulations in countries such as the United States, which afforded higher wages and safety standards, allowed access to domestic routes with higher freight rates but at far greater running expense. As was then common practice in international shipping, Onassis's fleet had mostly Panamanian and Liberian flags and sailed tax-free while operating at low cost. This and his astute business sense helped Onassis earn handsome profits in
2240-417: The former wife of industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza . Alexander had first met Thyssen when he was 12, and as an 18-year-old had surprised his mother by inviting her to a dinner party, as she was one of his mother's friends. Following the dinner party, Alexander and Thyssen went to a disco where she punched a fellow dancer in the face (who then fell to the floor) after he suggested that she
2304-587: The highly competitive shipping market. Onassis made large profits when the Big Oil companies like Mobil , Socony , and Texaco signed long-term contracts known as time charters at fixed prices before the stock market fell. The high profitability of the Onassis fleet has been attributed in large part to his disregard for standards that normally govern international shipping. For example, after his Liberian-registered tanker SS Arrow ran aground and spilled oil into Chedabucto Bay , Nova Scotia in 1970, still
2368-613: The installation of a new control column. This conclusion was disputed by McGregor who believed that the wake turbulence from an Air France Boeing 727 that had taken off before them had caused the crash. Less than a month after Alexander's death, McCusker had manslaughter proceedings initiated against him by the public prosecutor of Athens in connection with the crash. Six people were also charged over Onassis's death in January 1974, with their indictment indicating that faulty controls had been fitted to his plane. In December 1974, in
2432-577: The island of Skorpios ; the 325 ft (99.06 m) luxury yacht Christina O and, finally, deposit accounts and accounts in treasuries in 217 banks in the whole world. In October 1968, amidst the Greek military junta and shortly after his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy , Onassis announced the launch of Project Omega, a $ 400 million investment program that aimed to build considerable industrial infrastructure in Greece including an oil refinery and aluminum smelter. Onassis had cultivated Greek junta dictator Georgios Papadopoulos , for his assistance with
2496-625: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Onassis&oldid=1255150648 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aristotle Onassis Aristotle Socrates Onassis ( / oʊ ˈ n æ s ɪ s / , US also /- ˈ n ɑː -/ ; Greek : Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης , romanized : Aristotélis Onásis , pronounced [aristoˈtelis oˈnasis] ; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975)
2560-708: The most significant oil spill off Canada's East Coast (about 25% of the amount spilled by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989), there was a Commission of Inquiry . Led by Patrick McTaggart-Cowan , executive director of the Science Council of Canada , the Commission found that the Arrow had been operating with almost none of its navigation equipment serviceable: " radar had ceased to function an hour before
2624-420: The number, size and dates between which whales could be taken. The Onassis factory ship and its attendant catcher ships paid little attention to these restrictions. The Norwegian Whaling Gazette made accusations based on sailors' testimonials, such as one given by Bruno Schalaghecke, who worked on the factory ship Olympic Challenger : "Pieces of fresh meat from the 124 whales we killed yesterday still remains on
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2688-795: The old-money Greek traditionalists who held Onassis in very low esteem. The couple had been living separately by the mid-1950s, with the beginning of the end of the marriage, according to Onassis' biographer, Peter Evens, coming after Livanos found Onassis in bed with a friend of hers at their home in Cap d'Antibes , the Château de la Croë . The house was then acquired by Onassis's brother-in-law and business rival Stavros Niarchos , who bought it for his wife, Eugenia Livanos , Athina's sister. Onassis and Livanos divorced in June 1960 during Onassis's well publicised affair with Maria Callas. Onassis and legendary opera soprano Maria Callas carried on an affair despite
2752-500: The private sector, and, on 30 July 1956, Onassis signed a contract granting him the operational rights to the Greek air transport industry. When Onassis heard during the negotiations that he would not be able to use the five Olympic rings in his logo due to copyright issues, he simply decided to add a sixth ring. Operation effectively started in 1957, with one DC-4, two DC-6s and 13 DC-3s. The following year saw 244,000 passengers transported. The agreement lasted until 10 December 1974, when
2816-478: The scheme, loaning Papadopoulos the use of his villa and buying dresses for his wife. The project was financially supported by the American bank First National City, and Onassis's American financial supporters eventually tired of the unfavourable terms demanded by him. The project was heavily criticized by people such as Helen Vlachos , a journalist from Athens. Another Greek Colonel, Nikolaos Makarezos , preferred
2880-558: The share creation was challenged by Onassis who claimed that it was unconstitutional, but the court found against him in March 1967. Following the ruling Onassis sold his holdings in SBM to the state of Monaco and left the country. According to Frank Brady in Onassis: An Extravagant Life , Onassis's words about the issue were: "We were gypped ." During the oil boom of the 1950s Onassis was in final discussions with
2944-611: The shares of Monaco's Société des bains de mer de Monaco (SBM) via the use of front companies in the tax haven of Panama, and took control of the organisation in the summer of that year. Onassis moved his headquarters into the Old Sporting Club on Monaco's Avenue d'Ostende shortly after taking control of the SBM. The SBM was a significant owner of property in Monaco: its assets included the Monte Carlo Casino ,
3008-519: The ship struck; the echo sounder had not been in working condition for two months; and the gyrocompass ... had a permanent error of three degrees west. The officer on watch at the time of the accident, the ship's third officer, "had no license" and none of the crew had any navigational skill except the master, "and there are even doubts about his ability." Onassis arrived in the Mediterranean principality of Monaco in 1953 and began to purchase
3072-502: The time of his death. Possessing a professional pilot's license, he was appointed the President of Olympic Aviation , a regional Greek subsidiary of his father's Olympic Airways , in 1971. Onassis' poor eyesight meant that he could not hold an air transport certificate, but could possess a commercial pilot certificate, allowing him to fly light planes and air taxis for emergency medical cases. Alexander died on January 23, 1973, at
3136-401: The wife of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (later the wife of Aristotle Onassis) Other uses [ edit ] Onassis glasses , a style of oversized sunglasses popularized by Jacqueline Onassis Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Onassis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
3200-578: The world to own a private airline, the other being Howard Hughes of TWA . Onassis was involved in the privatization of the Greek national airline and founded the privatized Olympic Airways (today Olympic Air ) in 1957. Stocks accounted for one-third of his capital, held in oil companies in the United States, the Middle East, and Venezuela. He also owned additional shares that secured his control of 95 multinational businesses in five continents. He owned gold-processing plants in Argentina and Uruguay and
3264-466: Was 17 at the time of their marriage; Onassis was 40. Onassis and Livanos had two children, both born in New York City: a son, Alexander (1948–1973), and a daughter, Christina (1950–1988). Onassis named his legendary super-yacht after his daughter. To Onassis his marriage to Athina was more than the fulfillment of his ambitions. He also felt that the marriage dealt a blow to his father-in-law and
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#17327797829363328-515: Was a Greek and Argentine business magnate . He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was married to Athina Mary Livanos , had a long-standing affair with opera singer Maria Callas , and was married to American former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy . Onassis was born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire and fled
3392-474: Was a friend of Jacqueline Kennedy , widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy . They married on 20 October 1968 on Onassis's private Greek island, Skorpios . Before the marriage, an agreement was reached between Onassis and Ted Kennedy , Jacqueline's former brother-in-law. Jacqueline would receive US$ 3 million, plus US$ 1 million for each of her two children, to compensate for the US$ 150,000 she then received from
3456-605: Was an American-born Greek businessman. He was the son of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and his first wife Tina Livanos . He and his sister Christina Onassis were upset by his father's marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy , and he was credited with attempting to improve the relationship between his father and Stavros Niarchos . Born in New York City, Onassis was not formally educated and worked for several years for his father at his headquarters in Monaco . The relationship between Onassis and his father experienced tensions as
3520-515: Was an accident, believing it was due to the machinations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the leader of the Greek military junta , Georgios Papadopoulos . Alexander's death had a profound effect on his father, who never fully recovered from the loss of his son. Aristotle Onassis sought to sell Olympic Airways after his son's death, and died two years later in March 1975. Onassis
3584-470: Was buried alongside his son on Skorpios . Aristotle Onassis's will established a charitable foundation in memory of his son, the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation , based in the tax haven of Vaduz in Liechtenstein , and headquartered in Athens. The foundation received 45% of his fortune, with the remainder left to Alexander's sister, Christina. The foundation consists of two parts;
3648-553: Was established in his memory. Alexander Socrates Onassis was born at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City . He was the elder child of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 –1975) and his first wife, Athina Livanos (1929 –1974), herself a daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros G. Livanos . Alexander was named after his father's uncle, who
3712-467: Was hanged by a Turkish military tribunal during their sacking of Smyrna in September 1922. Alexander's sister, Christina , was born in 1950. Alexander had no formal schooling, but had been provided with a personal tutor and his own apartment from a young age. Alexander failed his exams at a Paris lycée at age 16, and began working for his father at his Monaco headquarters in 1965. Alexander earned
3776-434: Was left to his daughter, Christina. Christina's share has since passed to her only child, Athina , at the time making Athina one of the wealthiest women in the world. Jacqueline Onassis also received her share of the estate, settling for a reported $ 10 million ($ 26 million according to other sources), which was negotiated by her brother-in-law Ted Kennedy . This amount would reportedly grow to several hundred million under
3840-400: Was only with Alexander because of his father's wealth. Alexander wanted to have a committed relationship with Thyssen from their first meeting, which she initially resisted, but the deep relationship which eventually developed between the pair was resisted by Alexander's mother, who constantly sought to sabotage it. Alexander's father also sought to undermine his son's relationship by buying him
3904-507: Was recovering from an eye infection. A few seconds after takeoff from runway 33, the plane's right wing dropped and stayed down, and the plane crashed shortly after losing control, in a flight lasting no more than 15 seconds. McCusker and the other pilot both suffered serious injuries in the crash. The trio had planned to practice amphibious landings between the Saronic Gulf islands of Aegina and Poros after takeoff. The day after
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#17327797829363968-414: Was something in which he took deep pride. It was his accomplishment. He was married to the sea, but Olympic was his mistress. We used to say that he would spend all the money he made at sea with his mistress in the sky." Onassis's time at the head of Olympic Airways is known as a golden era, due to investments he made in training and the acquisition of cutting-edge technology. For example, in 1959, he signed
4032-598: Was the creation of a shipping empire and a Hellenic Culture Fund providing youth scholarships and an academic international exchange program between Argentina , Greece , Monaco and the United States ; the programs are funded and administered by the Onassis Foundation and were eventually under the managing direction of his daughter Christina Onassis . Onassis built up a fleet of freighters and tankers that eventually exceeded seventy vessels. Most of
4096-526: Was the widow of the Dominican playboy and diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa , and Rodin and Onassis lived together in Monaco. In October 1968, Aristotle Onassis married Jacqueline Kennedy , the widow of John F. Kennedy , the 35th President of the United States . Alexander and his sister Christina were greatly upset by the union. They had hoped that he might remarry their mother, which had seemed possible towards
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