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SUMMER 1994 $3.95

72440 10089 3

LIFE +HER STYLE RARE INTIMATE PHOTOS

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YOUNG JACKIE A willful child develop Year—then into aWas

SISTERS

into the Deb of the 19

gton working girl

24

CONTENTS

PRIVATE MOMENTS Exclusive photos reveal a Jackie who thrived among friends and family

THE ONASSIS YEARS Jackie was the trophy wife of the century

INCOMPARABLE STYLE Jackie created a look admired worldwide

ON AN EVEN KEEL After Ati, Jackie settled into editing, ciarity work and a stable life with Maurice Tempelsman

INTRODUOTION An American original

SCENES FROM A LIFE The most photographed woman in the world never adjusted to the public's relentless gaze. But how could we turn away?

75

Jackie and sister Lee grew closer with time and tragedy

FIRST MOTHER

Landing Washington's most eligible bachelor, MARRYING JACK

28 Above all else, America's reigning royal cared about her children

Jackie took on the role of political wife REMEMBERING JACKIE 90 FORMIDABLE KENNEDYS 35

Gail Cameron Wescott recnlls sitting out a 1960 hurricane with the young Mrs. Kennedy Jackie fought for a place among rowdy in-laws

REFLECTIONS THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS 42 In exclusive excerpts from rare interviews The First Lady brought beauty, enthusiasm and and letters, Jackie speaks candidly a heck of a wardrobe to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

PROFILE IN COURAGE Jackie stood strong in November 1963 Cover photograph by Jacques Lowe/Woodfin Camp

PEOPLE WEEKLY (ISSN 0093-78731is aura liSh ed weekly. except tar twd issues co mbinadlnlo one et year-end, and 2 issues combined Into one in March 1994. when PEOPLE celebrates its 20th anniversary. 887 88 per year U S end 9119-08 per year Canada, by Time Inc. (GST *R122791974) Principal office Time 6 Life Building. Flockeleller Canter. New York. New York 10320-1393. Reginald K Brack Jr., Chairman, Joseph A Ripp, Treasurer. Merry M Johnston, Secretary Second-class Postage paid at New York, and at additional nwiIWg ollibeS Authorized an wound-clews mail by the Canada Post Corporation. Ottawa. Canticle Isecand-alaSa registration number 92821, and for payment of postage in cash, rbii994 Time Inc All rights reserved. Floproduclian in whole or in pan without written pernitISIon is "prohibited PEOPLE WEEKLY, PICK5 B PANS and CHATTER are registered trademarks of Time Inc POSTMASTER. Send address changes to PEOPLE WEEKLY, Post Of lice Bon 30803. Tampa, Florida 33630.0603 For subscription ChM les. call Customer Senna, at I-800441-9000 P118 ISSUE PRINTED AND BOUND (TY: OUADGRAPhICS INC, PONAUKEE, WI, USA

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94 Jackie rests eternally beside JFK

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A Gail Wescott's relationship with the senator's wife blossomed on campaign flights.

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Gail Cameron Wes-cott first met Jac-queline Kennedy in 1960. Gail was a young New York City reporter with a knack for getting people to open up;

Jackie was a U.S. senator's wife not yet press-shy. Wescott, now a spe-cial correspondent for PEOPLE in At-lanta, shares her intimate moments with the former First Lady on page 90 of this commemorative issue.

Wescott's reminiscence is one way we have tried to bring you des-ert° the womanwhose combination of high style and high character was her defining quality. Few of us had met Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis —she was certainly the most fam-ous person 1 had never met—though all of us at PEOPLE felt her presence, both on the streets of the city we shared and in our pages, be-ginning in 1974 with the first of 12 covers on which she appeared.

Just hours after Jackie's death, executive editor Susan Toepfer as-sembled a team to plan this news-stand-only tribute. "Given the strong reaction to the Audrey Hep-burn issue published by PEOPLE last year, we knew our readers would want a special on Jackie," says Toepfer. Deputy art director Hillie Pitzer worked through the weekend on designs, while photo editor

Sarah Rozen pored over some 2,000 photos.

Meanwhile, 39 correspondents and reporters, directed by senior editor El i7abeth Sporkin, talked to friends of Jackie's who until now had guarded her privacy. Washing-ton bureau chief Garry Clifford spoke to Joseph Heiberger, who taught her to use a camera as an in-quiring photographer. New York City correspondent Maria Efti-miades learned details of her deal-ings with Michael Jackson on his book, Moonwalk.

This issue passed through many hands—fact checkers, copy edi-tors, page coders, imaging spe-cialists—and almost all felt a con-nection with the woman on the cover. We hope these pages ex-press that bond—and the one felt by our readers—for the remark-able woman who was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

(Thefamily of Jacqueline Kenne-dy Onassis 'requests that dona-tionsin her memory be sent to the New York Hospital Cancer Re-search Fund, 525 East 68th St., New York, N.Y 10021.)

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,....: ndeath, as in life, she was the portrait of a lady: beau-

tiful u

ntil th

e e

nd

; so p

oise

d sh

e w

as se

nd

ing

ou

t

thank-you notes from her deathbed:, so thoughtful

she planned a funeral that, once again, showed a na-

tion how to m

ourn. And m

ourn we do, for w

hen Jacqueline

Bouvier K

ennedy Onassis died on M

ay 19, 1994, at 64,

that moved too sw

iftly, she may have been pre-

d,litn. we W

4e not. ... .-...:,!... ..ettabily th

e image of a grieving Jackie standing w

ith her •.t.,:... !.-:,-.

en.reinains frozen in an awful m

oment that separates

*tiazi past that was too rom

anticized from a present

.: ...! litif.ori brutal. B

ut three decades later, Jackie stood for

more, W

e were not ready to give up our glim

pses of

ant, impenetrable, but som

ehow m

ore approach-

le 'is'S

lie a

ged—

when sh

e ve

ntu

red o

ut in

to th

e so

cial

:42.r A::.:: :.. .

{ OiantO

a merry-go-round w

ith her grandchildren. We

, t no ready to have that already poignant threesom

e—

needy tableau of Jacqueline, Caroline and John Jr.—

eti

c no

w to

two

survivo

rs go

ing

arm

-in-a

rm in

to th

e fu

-

And above all, w

e were not ready to let her leave w

ith-

;Jig our questions answ

ered. Quite sim

ply, how did

ittli?lro.w did the m

oat famous w

oman it the w

orld so

endure the fickle winds of A

merican affection?

4.behind those dark glasses and that mysterious

.;-thlt9 she really till:acing?.

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YOUNG JACKIE

DADDY'S GIRL A defining childhood of gentility—and doubt

She was not so much raised as groomed. Her mother, of common Irish immigrant stock, placed a premium on appearances, calling her family the Maryland Lees; her paternal grandfather trumped up his lineage, trans-forming his French forebears from shopkeepers into noblemen. When a Bouvier orator spoke at the dedica-tion of the George Washington Bridge, the family for-ever after referred to it as "our bridge."

M she was growing up in New York City society, her world re- volved around her father, John "Black Jack" Bouvier, a hard-drink-

A "Black Jack" Bouvier (with his wife and daugh-ter at a Southampton horse show) was "abso-lutely lethal," said a friend who remembered his con-vertible "disappearing in a hue of champagne and dust."

-

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UN

G JA

CK

IE

Jackie !with her m

ai her. above I was 'a

darialave Iwisubock rides w

ho holieved in hard w

ed and sellieliarce," B pie re-

eels- At 10. she rode hat horse O

ncseuse at a Southam

pton horse show.

ing charmer w

ho taught his two

daughters to dress well and to cre•

ate for Lhem

selveH an m

inter mys-

tery. florn on July 28, 192P, and

raised in New

York, Jacqueline (she

pronounced It the French way,

Zhock-LRE

W) becam

e a class hel-lion at all the right schoo is: M

iss C

I ui pi n'is, Holton-A

rms and, at 15,

Miss Porter's, w

here, she once said. "all m

y friends adored limy father'

and used to line up to be taken out to dinner w

hen he came to see roe."

Four years earlier she had been dev-astated w

hen his indiscretions led her m

other to divorce him and m

ar-ry (for security, if not love—

another lesson to learn) the w

ealthy invest-m

ent hanker Hugh A

u ch Mel oss.

At 14, in a poem

, Jackie show

ed at least a glim-

mer of w

anderlust: "I love the feeling dow

n inside me/T

hat says to run aw

ay/To com

e and be a gypsy/A

nd laugh the gypsy way."

Yet a prescribed adolescence w

as spent fox-trotting through subscrip-tion dances at the Plaza, w

here her glister her w

as considered the pretty one and Jackie the brain. "S

he was

so much sm

arter than most of the

peo

ple around her that she suhilli-

il m

ated it," recalled an escort, ; "W

hen I'd take her to the Yale H

owl,

i she'd say to me, 9h, w

hy are they kicking the ball?' I'd say, *C

ome on,

- i Jackie, none o

f that.' -

A "She w

as alwave

set apart dusty recalls a

Vassar classm

ate. In 1041 colthrm

sst Igor C

assini (brother of dui lents O

lai) nam

ed her bet at the Year.

,7 A

a Mqusing pea

tograptiet in 1952.

she sometim

es used her uSum

n as an aiterrliss-geeing flirtation device 5nrsA

ls isavocative W

eslisnl -Mie

s Your idea of ths p

a--3

fact m

eter

Tem

years at Vassar w

ere followed

by a.lii trier year in Paris at the Sor-bonne, w

here "I have to w

rite Mum

-m

y a ream each w

eek," she told her stepbrother H

ugh, "or she gets hys-terical and thinks I'm

dead or mar-

ried Lean Italian." O

n her return to the Stales, said a m

ale friend, "she w

as no longer the round little girl w

ho lived neat dour." She trans-

ferred to George W

ashington Uni-

versity In Washington end, after

graduating, took a 342.50-a-week

Jul) athe Washington T

intex,fier. a

id as an Inquiring photographer.

"W

e used to tease her," recalls retired planographerJoe H

eiherger, w

ho taught her how to

use a S

peed G

raphic camera. "W

e'd say, 'Jackie, A

nd yourself a rich one while you're

out there: She w

ouldjuidandle." • 21

AO

"

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Ch

ic and

cultivated

,

the w

ell-bred

Bou

vier sisters

becam

e close

confid

antes;

un

til the en

d,

they stood

together

throu

gh joy

and

sorrow

Y O

n th

e ben

-dressed

list man

y tim

es, both

Biliild

ar 5.3i91,11111 15191

were ollou

lusaly ch

ic. limy steed

e fon

dn

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ean d

esiernes, an

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it was Mutilated that Las 'who w

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eas sire) nit in

lit di'

yenchy fdhrrps for 1111/ First Lady,

alio qu

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clothes

hem

the Pais IlaN

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EST

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S

Jacek' an

d U

de sister L

ilt pap. it 1933) Shirred an &

IOW

runty Mild M

sonars ow

urdreminounth Istridinenetoys and O

ush an

imals tram

KA

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ith m

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Jun

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out in East tion

ipton

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24

They grew

up m a

world w

here there w

ere no uncertain-tie

s: Bound by tradi-

tion and defined by social ritual, Lt w

as the sam

e New

York that E

dith Wharton

had known. Jacqueline and C

aroline Lee B

ouvier spent winters on P

ark A

venue and surruners in East H

amp-

ton; as delis they waltzed through

cotillions and dreamed of E

urope. In the beginning, Jackie played

the role of bossy big sister to the dainty Lee, w

ho was J V

, years her junior. A

fter their parents divorced in

1940, how

ever, they became at.

ketionaie allies. True, a hint of ri-valry Lingered—

the First Lady was

ruffled when desim

iers declared in 1982 that L

ee was better dressed

—but as adults they shared both in

umph and tragedy A

n u

no

fficia

l

lady-in-wailing, Lee accom

panied Jackie on lier 1982 tour of India and P

akistan; dad In sheaths and high heels, the tw

o rode a camel in K

ara-chi. Thrice w

ed herself (to publish-ing heir M

ichael Can

n ekl; to P

rince S

utnislas Radziw

ill, father of Antho-

ny, 34, and Anna, 33; and, since

1988, to director Herb R

oss), Lee com

forted Jackie during rocky spots in her m

arriage to JFK; in

I M

El, a

ItrJuitted the First Lady (who

had just lost son Patrick) on all A

e-gean cruise on A

ristotle 0 nassis's yacht. S

he slept with herbs the K

en-n

edys' White H

ouse bedroom after

Jack was shot and later encouraged

Jackie to buy an

ap

artm

en

t nea

r

Elu

tion

Fifth Avenue. "N

othing could ever com

e between us," Jack-

ie once said of Lee. And, until M

ay 19, 1994, nothing did. ■

I-

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SISTERS

A Passionate about the arts, Jackie and Lee befriended per-formers including Ru-dolf Nureyev, who joined them for a stroll in England in November 196B. When Lee threw a party for her wid-owed sister in Man-hattan in 1965, the guest list included Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Maurice Chevalier and Sammy Davis Jr.

Yo- Lee {with son An-thony, Jackie and Caroline at Hyannis Port in 1961) shared her sister's grief when newborn son Patrick died in Au-gust 1963; while Jackie recuperated at the hospital at Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts, Lee slept in an adjoining room.

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MA

RR

YIN

G JA

CK

SENA

TOR

'S WIFE

As bride of the m

ost ambitious K

ennedy, Jaeld

e emb

arked

on th

e often lon

ely life of a p

olitical help

mate

It w

as more than just m

eeting someone," she later

said of her Washington dinner-party introduction

in 1951 to the dashing congressman from

Mas-

sachusetts. "ft started the wheels turning." B

oth S

ete of wheels, apparently "I m

ade all his dates w

ith all his girlfriends," recalls Jack Kennedy's

longtime personal secretary, E

velyn UnC

0111, "And

when Jackie cam

e along, he didn't ask me to m

ake the dates. I knew

that It was serious."

They w

ere In different countries when she received his

proposal, but the announcement of their engagem

ent had to be delayed until after publication of a S

aturday Eve-

ning Phs4 article on "T

he Senate's Gay Y

oung Bachelor."

Arid w

hen the much-ballyhooed society w

edding of the sea-son did take place, on S

ept. 12, 1953, it was w

ith a poi-grunt piece of artifice: H

er stepfather was the one w

ho w

alked her down the aisle w

hile her adored—and increas-

ingly aleoholio—father, John "B

lack Jack" Bouvier ill, lay

passed out In his nearby hotel room. Jackie had w

anted a sim

ple, elegant wedding gow

n. it was her fiancé w

ho pushed her into a confection that one critic derided as "an atrocious m

ass of tissue silk taffeta, with excessive orna-

mentation of ruffles, tucks, stitchings and flow

ers." It w

ould not be the last time she suffered to accom

mo-

date hint. "We never had a hom

e for five years," she re-called of his burgeoning career. "P

olities was sort of m

y enem

y as far as seeing Jack was concerned." B

y their third anniversary, the rift w

as pronounced. "I was alone alm

ost every w

eekend while Jack traveled the country m

aking speeches," she said, calling their m

arriage "all wrong."

There w

as also the matter of his infidelity, w

hich became

a quietly accepted fact of their lives. "I don't think there are any m

en who are faithful to their w

ives," site once said. "M

en are such a combination of good and evil" S

UE

, there w

as no truth to the story that old Joe Kennedy offered her

$1 million to stay in the m

arriage. "Why not $10 m

illion?" she later snapped about the rum

ors. itw

ould be their children who w

ould cement the m

arriage, but first Jac.kle sulk red a m

iscarriage, then a stillbirth; when

she could no longer face the decorated, sunlit nurseryln their V

irginia home at H

ickory Hill, Jack sold the house to his

brother Bobby and w

ife Ethel. Finally, C

aroline was born in

1967, and John•John followed In 1980.

By the tim

e of her first official press conference, Jack-le's priorities w

ere obvious. "I have nn desire in influence

fashions. That teat the bottom

of any list," she told reporters. A

nd what, they asked, w

as at the top? "Jack." a i.

-4 Most im

parted to Jackie (with Jack al than 1953

New

port wadding) w

as that helm "

a( thn cantor of events and that he sew

n limsellw

oh and gm her

I decant rola IRM

O giants," said a Ingrid. lisle, to say

hay holh lured up to Men cods el Iris ba/gan "

29

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s

e e s a 1

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RR

YIN

G JA

CK

"There w

as al-w

ays a pram allure, e

greet mystery to

Jackie" Irn a 165

I portrait by Y

ousul K

arShl. says o report-er w

ho covered her. "S

ometim

es she was

wane and S

he asked questions. A

t ethers she w

ould walk by in

Man

s '•

as Jackie I with JFK

et their H

yannis Port hom

e the year at their m

arnagel was

once asked by re-porters II she w

as content. "A

wile is

happy," she replied. her huebond is

hem

."

Y T

he birth at Caro-

line lin thee George-

town hom

e in 19601 brought the couple C

loser. L

ater, just be tore John-John's birth, reporters asked d shad like m

are chit. than "I'd be delight. ed." she reeked. "l hopo that I have M

any 11010."

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RR

YIN

G JA

CK

"She w

as a Merciless tease,

1 loved exchanging gulps and barbs." said n tournati st of deckle IIIN

CITH

fellow guest at the W

ild W

ear Ball at N

ow Y

ork City's

Flue Isle in 1,959).

te- -Fite handsom

e couple seem

ed ihri embodim

ent of runt," w

rote Arthur S

chlesinger Jr C

I JFK

and Jackie to tempo

MO

/ quarters in Georgetow

n the year dud their m

aniegel, and

rather daring in a nation ruled by old m

en.-

V rkkv°:,:hsr:' Vi

anta g9?"1

wouldn't

malcid;;tn.deal

e:

• s

porter. always theught she w

as el raid of it."

s-

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A The refined Jackie with Joan, Jean, Eunice and Ethel at Hyannis Port in 1960) "stuck out like a sore thumb," says one biographer.

35

FORMIDABLE KENNEDYS

INTO THE CL Marrying a Kennedy was one thing. Acceptance was another

The Kennedys are the most welcoming fam-ily," she said gushingly in 1953, not long after her betrothal. "The day you become engaged to one of them is the day they start saying how 'fantastic' you are." The honeymoon didn't last long. By the time Ted landed on her during one of the fam-ily's interminable games of touch football,

breaking her ankle, Jackie had decided that she had had enough. Of togetherness with the clan, she stated, "Once a week is great. Not every night,"

Her bouts with the sharp-elbowed Ethel were re-nowned. Once, in an unguarded moment, Jackie confid-ed that she had wanted to study ballet. Eyeing Jackie's

large feet, Ethel guffawed: 'What? With those clodhop-pers?" And yet, after Bobby's death, according to author Jerry Oppenheimer, it was Jackie who paid to replace Ethel's leaking Hickory Hill roof.

Outnumbered and outflanked, Jackie ultimately held her own. Once she was 15 minutes late to lunch, a fatal faux pas when Joe was "in one of his Emperor Augustus moods," recalled a friend. "He started to give her the nee-dle, but she gave it right back." Mindful of his penchant for old-fashioned slang, Jackie said, "'You ought to write a series of grandfather stories for children, like The Duck with Monde' and 'The Donkey Who Couldn't Fight His Way out of a Telephone Booth.' "At first there was deadly silence. "Then old Joe broke into a roar of laughter." ■ )1,-

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RM

IDA

BL

E K

EN

NE

DY

S

A-

4

4yooaer "''''

AC

.

.ejalar-

A 'T

he rouptoend-tutioble Ind of Y

Jackie [with C

aroline, Rose,

fde !the Kennedy))) heed m

une( for 'faddy and John Jr. 10

19

M typ-

hus." says a mend of Jeclue's f hare peered or the B

oston fpount4 w

ith TeP

Sorensen, Jahn Jr. odd

breaking ful the JFK Library,

Bobby in1964). -S

he seemed realty w

inch she called "his most fitting

happy arty with hie kids "

mem

orial.'

Jackie lanove. al the K

ennedy nun larch's 85th tonliday kl H

yannis Porn "w

anted to please Rose.'

says Rose's form

es sec. m

inty embers G

ibson "O

nce we hoed som

e 019111W

glass In Hose's attic R

ose woofed to a=t

nd of u, tint wouldn't d

ye

H in chnm

y because she w

ouldn't make any m

om

ey. Jackie said she'd law *buy it for her aw

n a-IC

." rigle, Jackie ea. M

AW

fee annual tanner dy 6arnbske In

333 xtli Ted, es utiderdied

blend and, m Need

KIK

Jean Kennedy Sm

ith.

36

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FORMIDABLE KENNEDYS

-1

A At Caroline's wedding in 1986, Ted toasted Jackie as that extraordinary, gallant woman, Jack's only Eove."

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E W

HIT

E H

OU

SE

YE

AR

S

FIRST

LA

DY

Jack

ie brou

ght aristocratic

taste—an

d an

infectiou

s

sense of h

istory—to

the execu

tive man

sion

Attila w

as et the aannays 35th President, Jatkis w

on intorno-the hesi.tneam

wtm

an in iiisw

oid A

Jackie attend

ed kw

Inatalu

ga tw

its —b

u I w

as 11

u

lie n

eve

r liked th

e title

F

irst La

dy. "It e

Jwitys

rem

ind

ed

me

of a

sad

-d

le h

orse

,- Ja

ckie

once

said

. But a

fter

she

arrive

d In

the

W

hite

Ho

use

Mia

mi..

ary 1

96

1, th

e e

ne

rge

t. le eau egoist., took the nam

e over th

e h

igh

esU

um

ps, a

nd

we

all w

en

t alo

ng fo

r the rid

e.

No

t since

Z1-ye

ar-o

ld F

rance

s F

olso

m C

leve

lan

d h

ad

the

cou

ntry

be

en

ble

ssed

with

such

a yo

un

g

Fire

lLa

dy. O

nly 3

1, Ja

ckie h

ad

an

E

lan b

eyo

nd h

er ye

ars a

nd th

e g

rit to

use

tt. Co

urn

re b

eca

me

he

r sign

a-

ture

. Th

eJa

ckie lo

ok w

as a

glo

ba

l a

spira

tion

, reig

nite

d o

n e

ach

och

er

six trips a

bro

ad

. Sh

e p

rom

ote

d th

e

arts and m

ixed g

uests like

com

pos-

er Ig

or S

travin

sky or p

oe

t Ca

rl S

an

db

urg

with

the

Ca

me

lot re

gu

lars

at W

hite

Ho

use

eve

nin

gs. B

ut h

er

crow

nin

g a

chie

vem

en

t wa

s restn

r-in

g th

e m

an

sion

an

d p

rese

rving

its h

istory. "Ja

ckie lo

ved

be

ing

First

I Lady. S

hew

as th

rilled b

y h." sa

ys her fo

rmer ch

ief o

f staff, L

etitia

Hal- !

drig

e. "Y

ou'd

have

to be n

uts n

ot to

I be th

rilled b

y makin

g I iisto

ry and n

ot

Just to be witnessing IL

-

43

a

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WH

ITE

HO

US

E Y

EA

RS

Prime M

ensiet N

ehru comlotted e

squeamish decide

(with aisle L

ae the-m

e their 1962 India trip) as a cotes at-tacked a m

ongoose

sr Jackie. a Rom

an C

atholic, was the

first sitting Fest tarty to have an audience w

ith the Pope. She m

et John XX

VI in

Rom

e in 1562.

A T

en days before the asaassina Jackie w

atched John Jr. pa-rade though the W

hits House

MIN

I honor guard's !wedgies

A W

hether on Washington or (es

ham} in H

yannis Port. Jackie shim

med the shonerftugs., but JFX

/m

id to snug—w

ith "Buttons"

end John-John.9 passible

A Frond-is-au

ra m

inister Ana,/ M

al. tausse inspires/ Jodie that she hoped to creels e governm

ent agency tot outluze in the 11 S

ktaimStirmLet leader

■11111 shamed be Jackie.

told phatognrptmruin

11,7.0m

l:her houtiw

id relten =

pose with N

otate

A Jackie (w

ith Australian am

bassa-dor Sir H

oweed B

eaten, New

nan, RI.,

in 1962)'6[10 have Ma artificiality of

people in that certain world, - em

s !ashen esinur G

reco Meabetle,

44

4th

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A During Jackie's triumphant 1961 visit to Paris, crowds lined the streets, shouting, -Vim Jacquil Viva Acquit"

46

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PR

OF

ILE

IN C

OU

RA

GE

After JF

K w

as mu

rdered

at her

side, sh

e calmly p

ut togeth

er

fun

eral that k

ept th

e nation

together. S

he w

as only 34

1 should havo know

n that limn

asking too much to

dream that I m

ight have grew

a old with

him and seen our

cliildren grow up to-

gether." Jackie wrote

is s briar -mem

oir year aim

she—and

the nation—turd bur-

led her darn hus-band. 'Se now

he is o legend alm

a he w

eed Itave preferred 1010 a m

en." The m

orn

ing o

f Nov. 2

2, 1

883, s

tarte

d o

ut

with

laughte

r. When a

cro

wd o

uts

ide th

e

gen

ned

ys' P

ort W

orth

ho

tel a

sk

ed

wh

ere

Jackie

was, th

e P

resid

ent q

uip

ped: "

Mrs

.

Ken

ned

y is o

rgan

izin

g h

erse

lf. It tak

es

her a

little L

on

ger. B

ut, o

f co

urse

, she

looks b

ette

r than w

e d

o w

hen s

he d

oes

it." S

he w

as, in

fact, g

ettin

g d

ressed

, pu

t-

ting o

n a p

ink

Cham

ele

on a

nd m

atc

hin

g h

at th

at th

e

Pre

sid

ent h

ad p

icked o

ut fo

r her to

wear.

Afte

r a p

olitic

al b

reakfa

st, the c

ou

ple

flew

to D

alla

s

for a

mo

torc

ad

e th

rou

gh

the h

ot, s

un

bak

ed

city

. As th

ey

cam

e th

rough D

eale

y P

laza a

t 12:3

0 p

.m., J

ackie

heard

wh

at s

he th

ou

gh

t at firs

t was a

mo

torc

ycle

back

firing

.

Thre

e s

hots

hit h

er h

usband. "

My G

od! W

hat a

re th

ey

doin

g'?

" s

he s

houte

d. "

My C

od/ T

hey'v

e k

illed J

ack!

They'v

e k

illed m

y h

usb

and! Ja

ck? Ja

ck!"

The lim

o

rush

ed to

Park

land M

em

oria

l Hospita

l—hut it w

as io

n

late

, Befo

re th

e d

octo

rs c

overe

d th

e s

lain

Pre

sid

ent w

hh

a w

hite

sh

eet, J

ack

ie k

issed

his

feet, h

is lip

s a

nd

his

open e

yes a

nd p

laced h

er w

eddin

g rin

g o

n h

is fin

ger. (It

was re

turn

ed to

her th

at n

ight)

She ro

de w

ith JF

IC's c

ask

et in

.EL rear c

om

partm

en

t or

Alr F

orc

e O

ne b

ack to

Waahin

gto

n, re

fusin

g to

change

out o

f her s

uit a

nd s

tockin

gs, w

hic

h w

ere

spatte

red w

ith

his

blo

od

. "I w

an

t them

to see w

hat th

ey

hav

e d

on

e to

Jack

," s

he s

aid

. On

ce s

he re

turn

ed

, sh

e b

eg

an

to w

ork

thro

ugh th

e n

ight, o

rchestra

ting e

very

aspect o

f her

husband's

funera

l. It was to

be lik

e A

bra

ham

Lin

coln

's,

she d

ecid

ed, d

ow

n to

the m

uffle

d d

rum

s an

d th

e rid

er-

less h

ors

e. H

er h

usb

an

d w

ou

ld b

e b

urie

d In

Arlin

gto

n

Natio

nal C

em

ete

ry—

acro

ss th

e P

oto

mac fro

m th

e L

in-

coln

Mem

oria

l--not In

Bosto

n, a

s th

e K

ennedy fa

mily

had

ho

ped

.

No

deta

il was to

o sm

all F

or tie

r sue L

ion

: the p

ositio

n-

ing o

f the casket in

the E

ast R

oom

, the h

angin

g o

f mourn

-

ing d

rapes, th

e p

lacem

ent o

f a m

ilitary

honor g

uard

. She

went th

roe&

her h

usband's

effe

cts

and fo

und a

mem

ento

to g

ive to

each

of h

L5

frien

ds, a

lon

g w

ith a

perSOrial ante;

press s

ecre

tary

Pie

rre &

ling

er, fo

r ex

am

ple

, receiv

ed

an

en

gra

ved

cig

ar h

old

er. S

he w

rote

on- U

nstin

ted

on

s on

ho

w

mem

oria

l pro

gra

ms w

ou

ld b

e la

id o

n se

ats in

St- M

at-

thew

's C

ath

ed

ral. A

nd ratta

lde th

e c

hurc

h, w

hen th

ey

pla

yed -

Hail to

the C

hie

f," sh

e c

ued

3•y

ear-o

ld Jo

hn

Jr. to

salu

te h

is fath

er' s c

ask

et—

perh

aps d

ie m

ost fa

mous ra

ni-

well g

estu

re in

Am

eric

an

histo

ry.

Tw

o w

eek

s late

rah

e g

av

e a

rare

Mu

s -vie

w to

co

rrect-a

n

importa

nt o

missio

n; site

had fo

und a

nam

e fo

r the K

enne-

dy

years. S

he to

ld w

riter T

heo

do

re W

hite

that JF

K h

ad

pla

yed

a re

co

rdin

g o

f the m

usic

al C

aS

leh

li nearly

ev

ery

nig

ht T

hell n

es h

e liste

ned

for, sh

e s

aid

, were

: "D

on't le

t

it be fo

rgo

t, that o

nce there w

as a spo

t, for n

on

e b

rief sh

M

i ng

mo

men

t, that W

IL9 kn

ow

n a

s Cam

elot." A

ztd sh

e

added, "

It will n

ever be th

at way a

gain

." ■

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IVA

TE

MO

ME

NT

S

Off d

uty an

d on

her ow

n,

Jackie revealed

a deliciou

s

wit an

d a carin

g

warm

th, evok

ed

in th

ese exclusive

ph

otograph

s by

Ben

no G

raziatul

"S

he hada %

vandal-0,

wry w

ay al lackin

g KO

* m

ad an

d a sen

se of hu

-m

artlelly: says sum

mer

limp pal B

arbara Lam

ar A

schal of Jack

ie Ion a

1962 holiday in R01.1Y

ril,

UM

"S

he h

ad a P

us

twin

kle es h

er eye.11 woe

arts Si her yam yprts."

A SE

PAR

AT

E W

OR

LD

53

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IVA

TE

MO

ME

NT

S

"Jackie was m

ore pnvate, more secret, Lee

mm

ottlem

ly:Seysalag

itimu

hm

ido

1 i se s stem

bow w

ith Lea's husband. P

ence StanIslasparieiW

IL ChellItetes &

n-ew

at the Rade194W

1.0660* home in 1969)

'There VM

S elw

ers shed

s), between there.

bet they carted each other why few

w

eeks." Ar nghl. the sisters ratty) m

Revelto

55

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IVA

TE

MO

ME

NT

S

II

> "She w

as always antis-

mog. and shelled A

VM

mon

per swam

inch then any w

anton rye aver known.-

says Jackie's lormer aide

Letitia Balckige of Ilse First

Lady (during a voyage to Jam

ul, India, in 1967)

A -S

he is one of tha law w

orn, on I co

in m

el who could be

equally comfonahle nallsJiln-

rny Breslin and A

ndre Mac

ram

- said calatnnrst Pete lie

maA

, e Liebe eyed m the 70s.

But she w

as most al ease w

ith childian. including Lee's son A

nthony (watt Jackie and C

ar ohne as Payette in I 562 t.

Ain P

lavelie 'las k ie swam

with C

arolina and taught her to water-ski. Later she

resold toll decorator Billy B

aldwin, w

ham O

a hardly know, "the w

orld is pausing I prf Ibte adoration of the heat of m

y children. Now

can I bring that n up normallyr

56

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IVA

TE

MO

ME

NT

S

V C

ecil B

eato

n w

os o

ne o

f the fe

w w

ho w

asn

't wan

aver, She Is very m

uch en over-tile site C.O

riFO

ttirti of W

WI," sn

ipe

d th

e cu

rmu

dg

eo

nly p

ho

tog

rap

he

r with

J

ackie en a reception threwn by Leo in hat LarM

on Irpme

in I 9

E If. "H

uge b

ase

ball p

laye

r's should

ers e

nd h

unch

-rM

big

bo

yish h

an

ds an

d len

t"

A ''S

he said that lee is Ian prisrioua,- recalled D

oubleday's deputy ;R

th sow hill B

arry, who asked ..iacklu 1tl w

rita Our

mem

oirs "[S

he sw

ill, ii wa

nt 10 S

utror rL r dr rather spend my

term feeling a galkcpi ng hetseer the m

ist al rho ocean."' A

mong the m

any rIlOroont6. she W

OU

ldn:1111.6.5 MS

a poetry leaning w

ith Les and Lee's kids. Christina and A

nthony, in Londe[ o

n N

ew

heart b

e, 1

9E

9 N

et w

lMih

y to h

a se

en

with w

et here, Jackie wrapped hor 'w

ad Istylionly) in a towel.

58

59

747- —

tf-t"!-,-.-r,

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IVA

TE

MO

ME

NT

S

-4 He w

as rou

gh

and

sim

ple, bud magnetic,-

recalls a friend of A

ristotle Onassis

Iheraopeninggiltsmith

Jackie in Landon an C

hrmtibaS

Eve. 19691

o. -S

he was nu rt w

t.(' by personality," said D

oubleday's Bill B

ony of Jackie ivoth neph-ew

Tony arid niece C

husfeu an Chnstrnee

morning, 19b9).

▪ "Jackie had great

charm and looked

like no ono else." says photographer G

raham deft, clow

n-ing w

ith Jackie end O

leg Cassanil.

•q••—L

4

kr., .:••■••b4 •

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She saw in him a father figure," a friend says of Jackie With Ari in 1971).

THE ONASSIS YEARS

BARTERED BRIDE' Marrying Aril, she traded her pedestal for protection

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TH

E O

NA

SS

IS Y

EA

RS

Sile

wa

s perhaps the first celebrity to utter

her wedding vow

s beneath the clatter of helicopters overhead. B

ut for the Presi-

dent's widow

, then 39, the din may have

been oddly comforting. T

he helicopters, and an arm

y uf 200 guards deployed around the tiny w

hitewashed chapel on the Island of

Skorpius, w

ere arranged for by her 62-year-old groom

Greek shipping tycoon A

ristotle Socra-

tes Onassis—

the first of many gestures he w

ould make to

offer her the security she craved. Only four m

onths mull-

er, Jackie's brother-in-law, R

obert F K

ennedy Jr., had been w

assinated. Noted Lee R

iutziwill, after the O

cL 20, 1958, cerem

ony: "My sister needs a m

an like Onassis,

who can protect her from

the curiosity of the world."

The w

orld's euilosity did MI cease. "T

he talk in Paris

was that Jackie had m

arried An for his m

oney, he'd mar-

ried her for her prestige," recalls a Paris journalist. B

ut her friend, C

ountess Isabelle d'finiano, protests that it w

as an affair oldie heart: "Onassis and Jackie w

ere very different, but I felt she m

arried him because she loved

Am

ericans, however, w

ere outraged by what they took

to be the First Lady's feekles. sness. As new

spapers report-ed nn her hedonistic lifestyle, Jackie tum

bled of the top of the G

allup Pull's H

si of most adm

ired wom

en. Free of

the bonds of public life, she reveled In Onassian luxu-

ry, frantically spending her $30,000 monthly allow

ance. U

nhappy with his w

ife's spendthrift ways, O

nassis did not cut her m

uch slack. When Jackie asked to plan the

meals for one of their cruises, A

rt reportedly told an aide, "W

hy doesn't she nisi behave herself and do nothing?" S

oon It was a m

arriage in pocketbook only. Jackie spent m

ore time in M

anhattan; An sought advice about divorce.

In 1974, diagnosed with m

yasthenia gravis, a disease of m

uscle deterioration, he revised his will, excludingJackle

from any significant share In his estate. {H

is daughter,

Christina, w

ould later pay her a $26 million settlem

ent.) W

hatever bitterness she felt, on his death in March 1976,

Jackie remem

bered the hest. "Aristotle O

nassis rescued t m

e at a mom

ent when m

y life was engulfed w

ith shad- she stud. "1 w

ill be eternally grateful." a

A -H

e w

an

ted

to a

t to a nightclub nanny n

igh

t, she

wa

nte

d W

C

IO lipm

e and read," says a friend about the couple, here hon, oym

oorong on Ns

yach

t rho $

7 m

illion

Christm

as.

P- "T

he mood w

as a little

Mt sa

d," recalls a

guest w

ho a

ttended

the wedding of the

new

t contro

versia

l co

up

le sin

ce lit and

Chcl, A light rain foil

as Air and JFIC

kle.,

westing a beige chit-

tan and-lece Virden.-

too

, am

org

od

from

die G

reek Onliedos

cerernomi at S

itar-pros's C

hapel at Our

La

dy Jo

hn

Jr. an

d

Caroline !behind

Jacke

t atte

nd

ed

< F

ore

sha

do

win

g

the

con

trove

rsy ove

r h

is esta

te, a

t An

's g 1975 Skam

ats laser al Jackie lath Jo

hn

Jr., C

aro

line a

nd le

d,

dy) w

as sn

ub

be

d e

nd

5

force

d to

walk b

ehin

d

the N

OS

S. ta

ngly.

66

97

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INC

OM

PA

RA

BL

E S

TY

LE

THE WAY

SHE LOOKED S

he made it look deceptively easy. T

he collarless sheaths, the unadorned A

-line dresses, a strand or two of pearls.

Understa

te&

Certa

inly im

itable

? N

eve

r. laekie's style w

as the stunning SU

M of

parts th

at h

t theory sh

ould

n't h

ave

added

up. She had a tine-honed delicacy, despite

lag size-1.0 feet, and a regal bearing, al-th

ough h

er le

* were

SO

bowed she had earned the nick.

name tiardo Legs in her 20a. -S

he was not a classic

bra

iny," says V

alentino, one of her favorite designers, but sh

e w

as e

xtrem

ely strikin

g."

Her g

lam

or w

as e

xtolle

d e

ven in

her p

re-W

hite

H

ou

se d

am

"Sh

e h

as th

e lo

ok o

f a b

ea

utifu

l lion

," w

rote

a co

lum

nist in

July 1

90

0. B

ut it w

as h

er a

pp

ea

r-a

nce

at h

er h

usb

an

d's In

au

gu

ratio

n—

ou

tfitted

in O

leg

G

em

ini's sa

ble

-trimm

ed b

eig

e w

ool co

at a

nd p

illbox

ha

t—th

at la

un

che

d th

eJa

rkle lo

ok. T

he

oth

er w

om

en

in

atte

ndance

, reca

lls Cassin

i, -all h

ad b

ig fu

r coats

and lo

oke

d like

hears ro

am

ing a

round. Ja

ckie lo

oke

d

in neat and pretty and young. She becam

e a bombshell

tigh

t swa

y." S

o what if her style W

as expensive? According to

Ca

ssini, it w

as Jo

e K

en

ne

dy w

ho

foo

ted

the

bills. B

e-

sides, sa

ys Letitia

Fia

ldrig

e, th

e fo

rmer W

hite

House

so

cial se

creta

ry, "he

r pi ib

iic mo

lted

I ter to

dre

ss we

ll. If she had suddenly gone out and shopped at S

ears, th

ey w

ould

have

hate

d it."

Over the years she w

ould help set cou

ntle

ss tren

ds:

one-shouldered gowns in the %

Os, sari-style dresses. in

the '70s, clossieslly tailo

red p

antsu

its In th

e 'h

os. B

ut

her o

wn fa

shio

n se

nse

was tim

ele

ss. "Jackie

's style

staye

d m

ostly th

e sa

me

," says d

esig

ne

r Ca

rolin

a H

er-

rera

, whose

cloth

es Jackie often w

ore in recent years,

-hut sh

e w

as alw

ays modern, ao she looked as g

ood in

th

e Vas as she had in the '611s." V

ale

ntin

o ra

ys that

me

etin

g Ja

ckie -w

as like

tou

chin

g th

e sky w

ith yo

ur

finger." E

mula

ting h

er style

, the re

st of u

s mig

ht n

ot

ha

ve re

ach

ed

tha

t hig

h. H

ut w

e w

ere happier for th

e

tryin

g.. N

.

Whorls°, form

ally drrossod, Eta in 1667 when she m

ot Prince N

orodom Sihanouk it I'm

no-Penh, Cam

bodia, ere right, alb I od in opousluion garb or a 1562 trip m

N

OW

Delhi, Sado, w

as. says desggror Gorra$1,-Iy.

ambassador al A

merican

IEOC

hr111, and howdy"

Jackie set tren

ds b

ut

never follow

ed th

em,

remain

ing for th

ree

decad

es a mod

el of

un

derstated

glamor

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1. Ja

ckie. n

r a V

a

limbo° g

ow

n a

t 1979 gala, w

ore m

mim

W tew

elry, eve

n o

r nig

ht II

she chose dramat-

ic earrings. She

would typical)),

larg

o o

ne

cklace

.

INC

OM

PA

RA

BL

E S

TY

LE

Y P

ost-W

ash

ingto

n, Ja

ckie

A Ja

ckie d

esig

ne

d h

or o

wn

Im

pn M

anhatta

n in

1977) w

as o

f augural hail gow

n and cape te

n so

on in

casu

al clo

thes, le

O

tto pant, ;h

inge sheath had

venlig

s0aqrtin

g p

ants a

nd

both a chiffon overblouse and sw

eate

rs. an em

broidered bodice.

V A

fashion writer noted that

Jackie wore this H

errera dross tier-ler than anyone, stw

moved the

butto

ns a

nd altered the neckline

6

By 1

999. a

t Ca

ro-

lina's

law

-school

gra

du

atio

n, 5

7-

year-o

ld Ja

ckie

ho

d lo

we

red

he

t o

ften

sho

rt he

m-

line

s to ju

st a

bove

the

knee

A In her E

uropean phase, Jackie lin C

apri in 19701 pulled back her hair and left her teat hearty bare

Jackie lot a Red C

ross beeefn ui

15621E11m

o]. always w

ore gloves in public, less to be ladylike then to con-ceal her lifelong habn of nail-Ladino

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OM

PA

RA

BL

E S

TY

LE

1.1

01111•1

1..n

.

..... •it -S

he knew exactly w

hat she needed end how to w

ear it: says C

arolina Honara el Jackie (n a H

aire ram

1989) "for me she w

as a Teri

inapirator."

4.-11. M

OW

••1•71.1.1/• erurreu

mm

ry r •

Jack headwerr m

ade headlines, whether it

was the Ithoche" Ile rah) that she sported at a

1962 slate dinner or her lornous bouffant, w

hich she had styled every two days in the

When H

ouse salon. She m

ade head scarves chic, m

ade being blond anything but, and al-m

ost grigie handodly revived the haberdashery

d industry w

ith her pillbox hots, which H

ebron,

r C

assini and &m

eshy ad claimed credit la. A

nd P.

• 5

-0 intanse w

as the demand for leopard skin

coats .ahar Jocitie's appearance in the (1

spot-

Ili

leopards tended on the endangered- species (St

tad he during 1962 visit to th

e Vaer.an—

thin

} Illi... S

oon attar. the First Lady gave T

ors op Pal

0....

no,

V Eve. 01 18, Jackie had a d■stinchve isle-

1-0

:, )

,

pence ° She was very beautiful. and the darn I

/016,...% Ew

er by to copy anybody else," noted her long.

••'. tim

e friend Panels Harrim

an.

V In D

ecember 1960, Jackie w

roth her friend and 'M

ine House designer

Oleg G

assed Pier partner at a 1954 darinerJust m

ete sure wane has er-

as* the same dross I do .1 w

ent all a

mine to ba angular and no fat Idle

wom

en Ix along around an sanrto

dress." S

he added "Protecirne -as I

berate rrioraesahr.posed and don't know

how to

rope w

ith "

aw

w..w

w,

A Thaugh she favored tailored

clothes. Jackie went soh in Israel in

1978. She elm replaced her bade-

111114 nand black sunplasan wU

A

vansiu

mt M

od

es.

*- After he( W

M! H

ouse years, Jodie 011P

intin the arty 70,1 re- Ierlld

b eh

. foirch

Mag

nu

m sh

e !m

ad. "We w

oad bet wad fw

r, choice at M

umtaz," recals6i-

venchy, "then she would com

e so P

ans for fittings."

72

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Jackie (at Viking) hater Doubleday when Viking pub-lished a novel about the assassination of Ted Kennedy.

' _ •

THE LATER YEARS

ON AN EVEN KEEL An interesting job and a doting companion brought stability

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1 n the last chapter of her life, Jackie abandoned adven-ture and found stability, reveling in the mundane world of taxis and of-fice buildings as much as in the privileged sphere of horse farms and her vaca-

tion compound on Martha's Vine-yard. When she returned to New York City in 1975 from the indo-lence of Skorpios, she embraced the energy of Manhattan. With her pri-mary job, the raising of her chil-dren, accomplished, Jackie went to work three days a week as an editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday.

Often dressed in leggings, she sat in a modest, windowless office, shepherding writers through a doz-en books a year. Those who were in-timidated by her gently smiling presence in the corridors, the kitch-en—even at the copy machine—were wieldy calmed. "Jackie made it easy," says Doubleday president Stephen Rubin. "She was tremen-dously warm and accessible."

Her maternal nature was now ap-plied to nurturing authors; but as an editor, she could be tough. After reading the first draft of Michael Jackson's 1988 autobiography, Moomazik, she told the pop star, "Look, we can't go on with this puff," remembers Doubleday de-signer J.C. SuartNs. "She said, 'We're going to have to fix this up or

fa

< "She made it a struggle in-volving people all over the coun• try," said Municipal Art Society head Kent Barwick of Jackie 's high-visibility support at a 1978 rally to save Grand Central Ter-minal, that famous New York City landmark.

A "Maurice is a man of great

charm, wit and savoir faire. He hardly takes second place to Jackie in terms of social graces."

noted a friend of diamond import-er Tempelsman (with Jackie in 1986), her companion and protec-

tor for some 15 years.

74;

THE LATER YEARS

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.4 In the late '70s, before Maurice came on the scene, old friends like artist Bill Walton (accompa-nied by Eunice Ken-nedy Shriver and her husband, Sargent) squired Jackie to charity events.

Yr ''They were very private," says social-ite Susan Gutireund of Jackie and Tern-pelsman Ion Madi-son Avenue last month). "That was part of their mystique.- S

3V

'em

tl

/.2....

11,4,

Id

A The Clintons climbed aboard Tempelsman's cabin cruiser on Martha's Vineyard last August to

schmoon with Jackie, Caroline and Ed Schlossberg, and Ted and Vicki Kennedy.

we're all going to look like fools.' " On the rare occasions that Jackie

took up a cause, she attacked it as she did one of her books. In 1976, she joined a crusade to save Grand Central Terminal from a plan to erect a building that would obscure its facade. "By standing up and speaking out," said Municipal Art Society president Kent L. Barwick, "she made it a success."

It was in private, though, that she

found her greatest happiness—with Maurice Tempelsman, a Belgian-born financier and diamond mer-chant who parlayed her holdings into an estimated $200 million for-tune. Married, though separated from his wife, Tempelsman, 64, re-mained steadfastly by Jackie's side for well over a decade, longer than JFK or Onassis. Described by a friend as "very dignified and intel-lectual," Tempelsman "made you

feel like the most important person in the world."

To him, there was nobody more important than Jackie. "He respect-ed her privacy and bandaged the wounds," says a friend. "With Mau-rice, she was at peace." ■

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FIR

ST

MO

TH

ER

PRID

E

AN

D JO

Y

Moth

erhood

was th

e thin

g that m

ost mattered

to

her, an

d Joh

n Jr. an

d C

aroline—

eulogized

Ted

Kennedy—

'are her tw

o

milracles'

0 n E

aster Sundays, Jackie, C

aroline and J o

hn

-and, nw

re recently, Cainline's children—

were

in the habit of visiting a friend's New

Jersey farm

for an egg Mint and then a parade in funny

hats. Invariably, says a pal, Jackie's cre-ations—

a lamp shade tied to her head w

ith a ribbon, for instance—

were the w

ittilt. She

may have possessed the poise of a First Lady,

but in tine company of children, she w

as die soul or spontaneity. D

espite the

fam

e, th

e p

ow

er, th

e w

ealth that surrounded them

, and the tragedy Wad m

olded their lives, Jackie gave her children a sense of joy: S

he gathered their friends into the W

hite House and later into the sanctuary of her N

ew Y

ork C

ity apartment; she doted an their birthday parties—

even John.lt 's third, w

hich she refused to cancel despite Its failing on the day ofJF

ICs funeral.

And against all odds, she m

aintained for them a clim

ate of norm

ality. As s

he once told K

ennedy biographer Doris

Kearns G

oodwill, shepherding C

aroline and John Into a Imp•

py adulthood was "the best thing I have ever dom

.- a

s

John Jr., 2, got a strangle-hold

on h

is moth

er's e

rten

tion a

s she re

are

d h

im le

r h

ad

ba

twin

g a

pa

rty for

his siste

r in th

e W

hite

H

ouse. One-year-old G

aro-nne (right) w

as eager to gel a

rnave

rin Is Ja

ckie

pot every hair in place ar the lem

ity's prep; esdaimol

residence in Georgetow

n

.r.",a

rrrrmra

r —,rrs x

.

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FIRST MOTHER

Jackie, an ama-teur painter, encour-aged a little dabbling in the arts by Caro-line, going on 3, in her Hyannis Port bed-room. Later, she ex-posed her children to the masters, old and new, in regular visits to New York City museums.

k,

a

In the summer of '64, less than a year after the death of JFK, the family's Hyannis Port com-pound offered a sea-son of abandon—ex-cept when it came to a 4-year-old's force-feeding technique. Jackie "controlled the children in a lov-ing, not a dominating way," says Charles Eager, a retired state trooper who helped guard the estate.

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-4( John Jr., 10, and Caroline, 13, strolled on Manhattan's West Side, enjoying one of MoIll's favor-ite treats.

A Jackie (with a napping Caroline aboard the Honey Fitz I avoided stress during her 1963 pregnancy. Tragical-ly, baby Patrick lived just 39 hours.

In 1975, the dis-persed family—Caroline starting Harvard, John Jr. at Andover—gath-ered for a Broad-way opening.

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A "Caroline [chatting with her mom last August] is one of the most terrific young women because Jackie inspired it and allowed it," says longtime friend Rose Styron, wife of au-thor William.

The daughter, not the mother (with Jahn Jr.), spoke at the dedi-cation of the Ken-nedy Library Museum in Boston last October. "I remember watching Jackie's face," says Good-win. "It was Caro-line's moment, and you could see the pleasure she took in that. It was a sort of passing of the guard."

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I > Jackie, who took a day off every week

to be a grandmother, looked after Caro-line's daughters,

Rose, 5, and Tatiana,

3, on Martha's Vine-

yard last summer.

I On May 15, four

days before her

death, Jackie took

the air in New York's

Central Park with

companion Maurice

Tempelsman, Caro-line and her newest

grandchild, Jack, 16 months.

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FO

RE

TH

E L

EG

EN

D

REM

EMB

ERIN

G JA

CK

IE In

the early d

ays of Cam

elot,

Gail W

escott had

an in

timate

glim

pse o

f its qu

een

1 first metJacqueline. K

ennedy at her house in H

yannis Port the night her husband w

as being nom

inated for President at the 1960 D

emocrat-

ic Convention in Los A

ngeles, 3,000 miles

away- Jackie, w

ho had suiscarnerl after the 1956 C

onvention, was now

pregnant with John

and determined to stay put to m

ake sure noth-ing w

ent wrong. S

he was w

earing a sleeveless sum

mer shift and sandals, and her skin actually seem

ed to glow

. "Com

e in," she said softly. "Let me introduce

' •

11'. •

you to my fam

ily." With her w

ere Janet arid Hugh A

ll-chincinas and her half alhilinpliam

ie and Janet. T

he house was in ordinary-people disarray. In the

large living room filled w

ith antiques mid com

fortable F

urniture with flow

ered slipcovers, Caroline's tiny w

a-ter fins w

ere abandoned on the white rug. Jackie had

set up an easel nem the television. S

ite was w

orking on a painting for Jack's hom

ecoming. It show

ed his trium

phant arrival at the dock and was cluttered w

ith kids and dogs and a banner that read "W

elcome

Back, M

r. Jack." She had gotten to the beach area.

- There are too m

any Kennedys!" she said In m

ock ex-asperation. "H

ow can I fit them

all In?" She w

as drink-ing a glass of rosA

wine and sm

oking cigarettes, and

she requested not to be photographed doing either. E

veryone begun shouting "Jackie!" wIten it looked as

If Kennedy w

ould make It on the first ballot. W

hen Wyo-

ming put him

over the top, Jackie, ever the hostess, asked if everyone's glass w

as full, if anyone was hungry,

She said, "I'm

still only SO

years old, and I've just keit m

y anonymity for good. It's a little scary."

In Sepieniher I returned w

ith photographer Alfred

Elsenstaedt. T

he air was gray, and a storm

was brew

ing that later w

ould become a full-fledged hurricane. Lee

Raclziw

ill, who had given birth to a prem

ature baby in late A

ugust, was at the house recuperating but stayed In

her room. A

t lunch I sat down, and C

aroline came at m

e shrieking, "N

o, no, no, that's Daddy's chair and he's

going to get you with a big stick! "—

a thought that sent her into a seizure of w

ild giggles. Jackie, however, w

as concerned. "I w

orry," she said. "All those books on

child psychology—and I'm

the type who reads all those

books—talk about how

things affect children Caro-

line's age. I get this terrible feeling that when w

e leave, she m

ight think that it's because we don't w

ant to tie w

ith her. After the C

onvention, Jack was here for three

straight weeks, and C

aroline got so used to having Dad-

dy around the house." B

y mid-afternoon, hurricane-force w

intLs were blow

-ing and the pow

er abruptly fulled. Jackie and I began to bop around th

e h

ouse

Lighting candles. By nightfall, an

atmosphere of w

acky festivity had taken over. Jackie, w

hose voice in private lost much of its hushed, little-girl

quality, got out a scrapbook. "I've got to show you this

picture," she said, pulling outs snapshot of an enor-m

ous female rear- end bent over so the ow

ner could peer through the K

ennedy fence. "One of our neighbors took

it, and it's my favorite pleutre of the cam

paign so fax" Late that evening, S

enator Kennedy called. W

hen she returned to the living room

, she said, ''Today's our w

ed-ding anniversary, and Jack never m

entioned It." Oddly,

I responded, "Well, tom

orrow's m

y birthday." It was 51)

off-the-wall and off the subject that w

e started laughing and then sat there till all hours talking and drinking w

ine by candlelight. A

few days after P

resident Kennedy's body w

as flown

back to Washington In N

ovember 1

98

3, I asked Jackie's

press secretary ff I could have one of the prayer cards thatJackie had w

ritten out for publication, her secre-tary called back to say yea. I rushed to the E

ast Wing of

the White H

ouse, and suddenly there was Jackie, hold-

ing out the envelope. "Thank you," she said, "for think-

ing of this." 1was stunned. E

very reporter in the world

would have given anything at that m

oment for a private

exchange with M

rs. Kennedy.1, how

ever, was speech-

less. I must have looked as stricken as I felt because

Jackie smiled a

nd

said, consoling me in w

ords that are etched forever In m

y head, "Oh, G

ail—think back on

the good times. R

emem

ber the hurricane?" S

omehow

, I managed in stum

ble out ontn the

street, w

here, for the first time during those m

omentous days,

I started to cry. •

-‹ In the fell of 1460, a very poignant Jacks made a m

e curettage appearance n e New rani City parade

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nassis between 1972

awd 1982, w

illappear in afortheam-

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ennedy W

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he S

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Jackie

on

Ro

se

"I rem

em

ber sh

e w

as so

sw

eet to me, It w

as my

first we

eke

nd

on

the

C

ape. I was m

ore dressed up th

an h

is sisters, and

Jack te

ase

d m

e a

bout it, in

a

n a

ffectio

na

te w

ay H

e

said

som

eth

ing

like,

'Where

do yo

u th

ink

you

're g

oin

g?

' Ro

se sa

id,

'Oh, don't be uterus, dear,

she books lovely.' 1 biked h

er e

no

rmo

usly T

his

wo

ma

n d

id e

veryth

ing

to

pu

t on

e a

t ea

se-"

On

JOE

and

Ro

se "M

y m

oth

er asked M

rs. K

en

ne

dy to

collie

over to

N

ew

port. Ja

ck was II8

at th

e tim

e a

nd a

se

na

tor. H

is m

oth

er

was

coming to

ha

ve lu

nch

with

m

y mother, and w

e were

goin

g to

the b

each

. Mrs.

Ke

nn

ed

y wa

s all d

resse

d

up in

a b

eautifu

l, light

blu

e silk d

ress a

nd a

big

hat- Jack had on som

e un-d

ersh

irt an

d a

pa

ir of b

ed

-ro

om

slippers, so

she w

as

rath

er m

ortifie

d. A

nyw

ay

it wa

s, I'm su

re, o

ne

of h

is le

ast fa

vorite

days, w

ith

the tw

o m

oth

ers sittin

g

the

re ta

lking

ab

ou

t the

wedding. S

o w

e w

ent

swim

min

g. I ca

me o

ut o

f th

e w

ate

r ea

rly. It wa

s tim

e to

go u

p fo

r lu

nch

,

and M

rs. Kennedy

stead o

n th

e p

ath

, callin

g

to h

er so

n. ft w

asju

st like

Mlle

on

es w

he

n th

ey kn

ow

th

eir m

oth

ers a

re ca

lling

. T

he

n h

e sta

rted

com

ing

u

p, sa

ying

'Ye

s, M

oth

er.'

°malto

se cop

ing

w

ith tra

ge

dy

'I'v

e se

en

he

r cry twice

. O

nce I was in

he

r roo

m a

l the C

ape, the other was on

( °new

ts's] ship

afte

r Mr,

Kennedy d

ied. S

he'd

say so

meth

ing a

nd h

er voice

wo

uld

bre

ak a

tine

' bit—

then she'd

gra

b m

y ha

nd

and say, N

ob

od

y's

eve

r go

ing

to fe

el so

rry for

me

,' Th

en

she

'd p

ut h

er

chin

up

. Sh

e ta

ug

ht m

e so

m

uch."

On

the p

resid

en

tial

ele

ctio

n

"I ha

d b

ee

n in

my ro

om

for

days, not gettin

g o

ut o

f bed. I guess 1 w

as just in p

hysica

l an

d n

ervo

us e

x-h

au

stion

, be

cau

se th

e

month

afte

r Joh n

's birth

w

as justt the opposite of re-cu

pe

ratio

n. 1

misse

d a

ll th

e g

ala

thin

gs. I a

lways

wish

ed

I cou

ld h

ave

pa

rtici- pate

d m

ore

In

those

tirst sinnin

g h

ours w

ith

Jack, but el least 1 had giv-en him

ourJohn, the son he lo

nged fo

r so m

uch

,"

On

Use ln

anw

aration

"M

rs. Eisenhow

er said

to

me in the car on the w

ay to th

e In

augura

tion th

at P

res-

ident E

isenhow

er lo

oke

d

like 'P

ad

dy th

e Irish

ma

n In

'Sam

e people its insane tar public hie, and V

alle arran't-' said Jackie dolt. in 19921, w

ho relished F

etidly hoes al her easel. A

bove, a C

hristman cord she

designed in 1063.

his T

op

Ha

t.' Th

en

she realized she had

me

rle a

sligh

t ga

ffe."

On

livin

g in

the

W

hite

Ho

us

e

"What I w

ante

d to

do

more

than a

nyth

ing w

as to

keep m

y fam

ily together. I d

idn

't wa

nt lo

go

do

wn

into coal m

ines or be a sym

bol o

f ele

gance

. [just

wante

d to

save some n

or-

ma

l life fu

r Jack and the

el tildre n and for m

e. My

first fig

ht w

as to lig

ht fo

r a

sane life for my babies and

their fa

ther"

On

mem

ories o

f J

ac

k

"I thin

k so

metim

es th

at

thee heals things. I ca

n't re

mem

berJa

cies

voice exactly any-m

ore

. I can't M

olt a

t p

ietu

ees. I tia

ra have

them all around.

'the house In Hyan-

nis Port is the only

house where w

e re

ally live

d,

where w

e had o

ur ch

ildre

n, w

he

re

eve

ry little p

ield

eja

r I fo

und in

sonic

little c

oun-

try lane o

n th

e C

ape b

ring

s ba

ck me

mo

ries.

Noth

ing's ch

anged sin

ce

we w

ere

in it."

On

Art 0.11.•ii■

"flo

w W

AS th

e o

ne

who e

n-

coura

ged m

e, who said

'he's a good man' a

nd

'don't w

orry, d

ear.' S

he's

been so

orim

ord

hia

tily g

en

en

an

s . He

re I w

as

m

arried to her eon and I

have these children and she w

as the one who

wa

s sayin

g m

arry A

rl."

On

Ja

ck

ie

"I'm so

litary I'm

rath

er In

-tro

verte

d. I'm

realty g

lad

my children have a sense

of h

um

or—

I thin

k I'm a

bit

Irreve

rent."

Oa

de

pre

ss

ion

"I have a tendency to go in

to a

do

wn

wa

rd sp

iral o

f depre

ssion o

r isola

tion

when I'm

sad. To go out,

to ta

ke a

wa

lk, to ta

ken

sw

im, th

at's ve

ry mu

ch

what the K

ennedys do. It's a

salva

tion,

Oatp

y

"The w

orld has no right to Jack's private life w

ith m

e. lo

itere

d a

ll the

se

room

s with

him

, no

t with

th

e B

oo

k of the

Mo

nth

Clu

b

readers, a

nd I do

n't w

an

t th

em

shopping through th

ose

roo

ms n

ow

."

On

he

r pla

ce in

h

isto

ry

"So nta

ny p

eople

ldtth

e

White

House

vrith th

eir d

ic-w

hom

runnin

g, . .1

nev-

er e

ven ke

pt a

jou

rna

l I thought, 'I w

ant wave m

y life, not re

cord

"

ur c

11 'Ls • 1

5̀1•1•4.i

A prolific note writer.

Jackie sant a warm

herb erio In the N

ix-cos atter a private diem

s in 1911. It was

Ile lest iirrie she and tier children had been bark In the W

hite H

ouse and. Jackie m

ole. "before Jahn vv.:watt deep, I could explain the photo graphs el Jack and him

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In a moving bandit M

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odern G

reek poet C.P. County It hot funeral in New

York C

ity's St Ignatius Loyale chat ch.

As yo

u se

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a lo

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frdl q

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co

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go

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Cyclo

ps,

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gry P

ase

ldo

n—

do

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fraid

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the

m

you n

eve

r find th

ings like

that on

yo

urw

ay

as hem

p to

you ke

ep yo

ur th

oughts

raise

d h

igh

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at excilinnerni stirs

your sp

irit and yo

ur b

ody.

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nia

ns a

nd

Cyclo

ps,

we

ld P

ose

ido

n--g

ate

wo

n't e

nco

un

ter

ato

m

un

less yo

u b

ring

the

m a

lon

g in

side

yo

ur so

ul,

unle

ss your so

ul sots th

em

up in

front

of y

ou

Ho

pe

you

r roa

d is a lo

ng o

ne

May th

ere

be m

an

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ne,'

mo

rnin

gs w

he

n,

with

what p

leasu

re, w

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m

you e

ther h

arb

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seein

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r th

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e

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an

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it ma

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gyp

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to le

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and g

o u

nle

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m

their s

rhola

rs.

Keep M

ake

alw

ays in

your ,n

trurt.

Arriv

ing th

ere

is wh

at yo

u're

d

estin

ed

for.

that don't h

urry

theJourn

ey a

t nit

Reite

r tf it lasts

for y

ea

rs,

so yo

u're

old

by th

e tim

e yo

u ro

ach

the

wealth

y with

on yo

u've

gain

ed o

n th

e

wa

y, not expO

ct frig Ilhaka to m

ake

you

rich

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ke g

ave

you

the

ma

rvelo

us

JOU

rney, W

ithout h

er, yo

u w

ould

n't h

ave

set

ou

t S

he

has n

oth

ing k

ft to g

ive yo

u n

ow

.

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d ifyo

uftn

eth

er p

oor. Ith

aka

aren't •• ■

have

foole

d yo

u.

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se us you

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nce,

you'll h

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