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Arabella Kennedy
- Death: August 23, 1956 (stillborn)
- Funeral: Newport, RI
- Services: Newport, RI
- Internment: St. Columba's Cemetery, Newport, RI/Arlington National Cemetery
John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III
- Death: August 3, 1957 (liver cancer)
- Funeral: Date needed
- Services: St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City
- Internment: Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery, East Hampton, NY
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
- Death: August 9, 1963 (Hyaline Membrane Disease)
- Funeral: August 10, 1963
- Services: Private chapel of Cardinal Richard Cushing, Boston, MA
- Internment: Holyhood Cemetery/Arlington National Cemetery
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Death: November 22, 1963 (gunshot wounds)
- Funeral: November 25, 1963
- Services: St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, DC
- Internment: Arlington National Cemetery
- Jackie's funeral attire: Givenchy
Robert Francis Kennedy
- Death: June 6, 1968 (gunshot wounds)
- Funeral: June 8, 1968
- Services: St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City
- Internment: Arlington National Cemetery
Aristotle Onassis
- Death: March 15, 1975 (respiratory failure/Myasthenia Gravis)
- Funeral: March 1975
- Funeral and Internment: Onassis Chapel, Skorpios Island, Greece
- Jackie's funeral attire: Valentino
Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
- Death: July 22, 1989 (Alzheimer's)
- Funeral: July 28, 1989
- Services:Trinity Church, Newport, RI
- Internment: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery, Newport, RI
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
- Death: May 19, 1994 (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
- Funeral: May 23, 1994
- Services: St. Ignatius Loyola, New York City
- Internment: Arlington National Cemetery
- Jackie's funeral shroud: Unknown
John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
- Deaths: July 16, 1999 (plane crash)
- Funeral: July 22, 1999, USS Briscoe off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, MA
- Services: July 23, 1999, the Church of St. Thomas More, New York City
- Internment: Burial at sea
Edward Moore Kennedy
- Death: August 25, 2009 (brain tumor)
- Funeral: August 29, 2009
- Services: Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston, MA
- Internment: Arlington National Cemetery
Friends and Family
Research by Steven L. Brawley
Key People in Jackie's Life
- Auchincloss, Hugh D.: stepfather
- Auchincloss, Hugh D. “Yusha” III: stepbrother
- Auchincloss, James: half brother
- Baldrige, Letitia: friend and White House social secretary
- Bartlett, Charlie and Martha: friends
- Battelle, Kenneth: hairdresser
- Beale, Edith Ewing (née Bouvier): paternal aunt
- Beard, Peter: friend
- Bessette, Carolyn: daughter-in-law
- Billings, Lem: friend
- Boudin, Stéphane: interior designer
- Bouvier, Caroline Lee: sister. Married to Michael Canfield, Stanislaw Radziwill, and Herbert Ross
- Bouvier, Caroline (née Ewing): paternal great-grandmother
- Bouvier, John Vernou: paternal great-grandfather
- Bouvier, John Vernou II: paternal grandfather
- Bouvier, John “Black Jack” Vernou III: father
- Bouvier, Maude Frances (née Sergeant): paternal grandmother
- Bowdoin, Helen and Judy: sisters who accompanied Jackie on her first trip to Europe
- Bradlee, Benjamin: friend and journalist
- Cassini, Oleg: official White House fashion designer
- Cecil, Mimi: cousin
- Chopra, M.D., Deepak: friend and meditation coach
- de Renty, Countess Guyot: Parisian host during her year studying at the Sorbonne
- Du Pont, Henry Francis: art collector/historian
- Forger, Alexander: personal lawyer
- Fout, Paul and Eve: friends
- Galbraith, John Kenneth: friend
- Gallagher, Mary: personal secretary
- Galitzine, Irene: friend and fashion scout
- Gates, John “Demi”: friend
- Gilpatrick, Ros: friend
- Ormsby-Gore, David: friend
- Hennessy, Luella: nurse during pregnancy
- Hogan M.D., Michael: plastic surgeon
- Hill, Clint: White House secret service agent
- Husted, John: fiancé (January - March 1952)
- Jacobs, Marcia; editorial assistant
- Kennedy, Arabella: daughter
- Kennedy, Ethel: sister-in-law
- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald: first husband
- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Jr: son
- Kennedy, Joseph: father-in-law
- Kennedy, Robert: brother-in-law
- Kennedy, Rose: mother-in-law
- Kennedy, Rosemary: sister-in-law
- Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier: son
- Ketchum, James: White House curator 1963–1969
- Kimmerle, Miss: childhood nanny
- Lawford, Patricia: sister-in-law
- Lawford, Peter: brother-in-law
- Lee, James Thomas: maternal grandfather
- Lee, Margaret (née Merritt): maternal grandmother
- Lincoln, Evelyn: JFK's secretary
- Lowe, Ann: designed Kennedy wedding gown
- Marinetti, Hope; editorial assistant
- Mellon, Rachel Lambert "Bunny": friend
- Meyer, Andre: friend and financial adviser
- Morris, Janet Norton Bouvier Auchincloss (née Lee): mother
- Morris, Bingham “Booch”: stepfather
- Mowinckel, Letizia: friend and fashion scout
- "Mugsy", chauffer
- Newey, Miss: childhood nanny
- Onassis, Alexander: stepson
- Onassis, Aristotle: second husband
- Onassis, Christina: stepdaughter
- Ormsby-Gore, David; friend
- Pagano Joan: fitness trainer
- Parish, Sister: interior designer
- Paredes, Providencia: personal attendant and friend
- Pearce, Lorraine: White House curator 1961–1962
- Pei, I. M.: architect of JFK library
- Radziwill, Anthony: nephew
- Radziwill, Tina: niece
- Rikfind, Simon Hirsch: lawyer
- Roosevelt, Kate: childhood friend
- Rutherfurd, Janet Jennings (née Auchincloss): half sister
- Sargent, John: friend who hired her at Doubleday
- Schlossberg, Caroline Bouvier (née Kennedy): daughter
- Schlossberg, Edward: son-in-law
- Schlossberg, John Bouvier Kennedy: grandson
- Schlossberg, Rose: granddaughter
- Schlossberg, Tatiana: granddaughter
- Sgubin, Marta: nanny, cook, and friend
- Shaw, Maude: children's nanny
- Shriver Eunice: sister-in-law
- Shriver, Sargent: brother-in-law
- Simon, Carly: friend
- Singleton, Becky: editorial assistant
- Smith, Jean: sister-in-law
- Smith, Stephen: brother-in-law
- Tempelsman, Maurice: live-in companion from mid-1970s to JKO's death; financial adviser
- Van Rensselaer Thayer, Mary: personal biographer
- Tracey, Bruce: editorial assistant
- Tuckerman, Nancy: friend and second White House social secretary
- Turnure, Pam: White House press secretary and assistant in NY office
- Valentino: designed Onassis wedding gown
- Verdon, Rene: White House chef
- Vidal, Gore: Hugh's stepson
- Vos Elder III, William: White House curator 1962–1963
- Young, Rusty: White House chief floral designer
- Waldrop, Frank: editor of the Washington Times-Herald
- Walsh, Thomas: obstetrician
- Walton, William: friend
- Warnecke, Carl: architect of JFK's grave; romantic relationship
- Weitzner,Tillie: yoga instructor
- West, J.B.: White House chief usher
- Whitehouse, Charles: friend
- Wrightsman, Jayne: friend
Timeline
Research by Steven L. Brawley
Key Dates in Jackie's Life
- 1929 Born in Southampton, Long Island on July 28
- 1933 Sister Caroline Lee born March 3
- 1935 Begins school at Miss Chapin's in New York City
- 1938 Wins first equestrian blue ribbon at East Hampton Horse Show
- 1940 Parents divorce
- 1942 Mother marries Hugh Auchincloss
- 1944 Begins Miss Porter's School
- 1947 Named Debutante of the Year; enrolls at Vassar
- 1948 Makes first trip to Europe
- 1949 Attends the Sorbonne for a year as an exchange student
- 1951 Graduates from George Washington University with BA
- 1951 Wins Vogue's Prix de Paris writing contest
- 1952 Announces engagement to John Husted in January; breaks off engagement in March
- 1952 Hiired as Inquiring Camera Girl at Washington Times-Herald
- 1953 Becomes engaged to John F. Kennedy on June 23; marries on September 12
- 1955 Suffers miscarriage after 3 months
- 1956 Stillborn birth of daughter Arabella
- 1957 Father, John “Black Jack” Bouvier, dies August 3
- 1957 Daughter Caroline Bouvier Kennedy born November 27
- 1960 John F. Kennedy elected President; son John Jr. born November 25
- 1961 Becomes nation's third-youngest First Lady on January 20
- 1961 Begins White House restoration
- 1962 Hosts televised tour of the White House on February 14; wins honorary Emmy award
- 1963 Gives birth to son Patrick Bouvier on August 7, who dies two days later
- 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated on November 22
- 1964 Does oral history for JFK Library
- 1964: Does interview for book "Death of a President"
- 1964: Testifies before Warren Commission
- 1964 Moves to New York with children
- 1966 Files suit against William Manchester concerning his book "The Death of a President"
- 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated on June 6
- 1968 Marries Aristotle Onassis
- 1972 Wins suit against photographer Ron Galella requiring him to stay 50 feet away from herself, and 75 feet away from her children.
- 1974: Does oral history for LBJ Library
- 1975 Supports saving Grand Central Station from demolition
- 1975 Onassis dies March 15
- 1976 Hired at Viking Press as book editor
- 1978 Begins work at Doubleday
- 1979 John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston dedicated October 20
- 1988 Becomes grandmother for first time to Caroline's daughter Rose Kennedy Schlossberg
- 1994 Dies May 19 in New York City after battle with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Edited Books
Research by Steven L. Brawley (Primary Source: William Kuhn)
Books Edited by Jackie
1956
- PROFILES IN COURAGE (editing support from Jacqueline Kennedy) by John F. Kennedy
1962/1963
- THE WHITE HOUSE: AN HISTORIC GUIDE (editing support from Jacqueline Kennedy) by the White House Historical Association
1976
- REMEMBER THE LADIES: WOMEN IN AMERICA, 1750-1815 by De Pauw, Linda Grant, and Conover Hunt
- IN THE RUSSIAN STYLE (edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1978
- HIMSELF! THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY by Eugene C. Kennedy
- THE FIREBIRD AND OTHER RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES by Boris Zvorykin
1979
- ATGET’S GARDENS: A SELECTION OF EUGENE ATGET’S GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHS by William Howard Adams
- OUT IN INNER SPACE: A PSYCHOANALYST EXPLORES THE NEW THERAPIES by Stephen A. Appelbaum
1980
- MY BOOK OF FLOWERS by Princess Grace with Gwen Robyns
- ALLURE by Diana Vreeland
- A CIVIL WAR COURTSHIP: THE LETTERS OF EDWIN WELLER FROM ANTIETAM TO ATLANTA by Edwin Weller
1981
- THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WOMAN by Olivier Bernier
- TEN MEN AND HISTORY by Don Cook
- FATHER’S DAY: A NOVEL by Eugene C. Kennedy
- THE NEW TIFFANY TABLE SETTINGS by John Loring and Henry B. Platt
- HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN STREET by Raquel Ramati
- UNSEEN VERSAILLES by Deborah Turbeville
1982
- THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO by Jonathan Cott and Christine Doudna
1983
- GOODBYE EUROPE: A NOVEL IN SIX PARTS by Richard de Combray
- MAVERICK IN MAUVE: THE DIARY OF A ROMANTIC AGE by Florence Adele Sloane
1984
- FALSE DAWN: WOMEN IN THE AGE OF THE SUN KING by Louis Auchincloss
- LOUIS THE BELOVED: THE LIFE OF LOUIS XV by Olivier Bernier
- FIREWORKS by George Plimpton
1985
- SECRETS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE: BY MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN CONSORT OF LOUIS XVI, KING OF FRANCE by Olivier Bernier
- A SECOND PARADISE: INDIAN COURTLY LIFE, 1590-1947 by Naveen Patnaik
1986
- DANCING ON MY GRAVE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Gelsey Kirkland
- TIFFANY TASTE by John Loring
1987
- LOUIS XIV: A ROYAL LIFE by Olivier Bernier
- THE SEARCH FOR OMM SETY: A STORY OF ETERNAL LOVE by Jonathan Cott
- TIFFANY’S 150 YEARS by John Loring
- TO THE INLAND EMPIRE: CORONADO AND OUR SPANISH LEGACY by Stewart L. Udall
- THE SAMARKAND DIMENSION by David Wise
1988
- THE POWER OF MYTH by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
- FRED ASTAIRE: HIS FRIENDS TALK by Sarah Giles
- MOONWALK by Michael Jackson
- THE TIFFANY WEDDING by John Loring
- SOMERSET HOMECOMING by Dorothy Spurill Redford
- CLARA BOW: RUNNIN’ WILD by David Stenn
1989
- EMPIRE OF THE CZAR: A JOURNEY THROUGH ETERNAL RUSSIA by Marquis de Custine
- THE DEMOCRATIC FOREST by William Eggleston
- FIXES by Eugene C. Kennedy
- TIFFANY PARTIES by John Loring
- A WORLD OF IDEAS: CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHTFUL MEN AND WOMEN ABOUT AMERICAN LIFE TODAY AND THE IDEAS SHAPING OUR FUTURE by Bill D. Moyers
- THE GOLDEN COCKEREL AND OTHER FAIRY TALES by Alexander Pushkin
- AMY THE DANCING BEAR by Carly Simon
- UP THROUGH THE WATER by Darcey Steinke
- HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? A MEMOIR OF POLAND, 1939-1945 by Christine Zamoyska-Panek with Fred Benton Holmberg
1990
- THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE 1, VOLUMES 1-7, FROM THE BIG BANG TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT by Larry Gonick
- THE SHAPE OF LOVE by Gelsey Kirkland
- THE CAIRO TRILOGY: PALACE WALK, PALACE OF DESIRE, SUGAR STREET by Naguib Mahfouz
- A WORLD OF IDEAS II: PUBLIC OPINIONS FROM PRIVATE CITIZENS by Bill Moyers
- CAPITAL OF HEAVEN by Marc Riboud
- THE BOY OF THE BELLS by Carly Simon
1991
- THE RAVEN’S BRIDE by Elizabeth Crook
- BLOOD MEMORY by Martha Graham
- THE FRENCHWOMAN’S BEDROOM by Mary-Sargent Ladd
- A FIRE IN THE MIND: THE LIFE OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by Stephen Larsen
- ONCE UPON A TO Z: AN ALPHABET ODYSSEY by Jody Linscott
- I REMEMBER BALANCHINE: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BALLET MASTER BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM by Francis Mason
- LEARNING TO LOOK by John Pope-Hennessy
- NO MINOR CHORDS: MY DAYS IN HOLLYWOOD by Andre Previn
- BUTTERFLY COOING LIKE A DOVE by Miriam Rothschild
- THE FISHERMAN’S SONG by Carly Simon
- AT THE ZOO by Paul Simon
- THE DIARY OF A NAPOLEONIC FOOT SOLDIER by Jakob Walter
1992
- THE COST OF COURAGE: THE JOURNEY OF AN AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN by Carl Elliot Sr. and Michael D’orso
- LEGENDARY DECORATION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Mark Hampton
- THE TIFFANY GOURMET COOKBOOK by John Loring
- STANFORD WHITE’S NEW YORK by David Garrard Lowe
- EGYPTIAN TIME by Robert Lyons
- THE LAST TSAR: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF NICHOLAS II by Edvard Radzinsky
- PROTECT AND DEFEND by Jack Valenti
1993
- TAMING THE STORM; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE FRANK M JOHSON JR AND THE SOUTH’S FIGHT OVER CIVIL RIGHTS by Jack Bass
- DANCING SPIRIT; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Judith Jamison with Howard Kaplan
- POET AND DANCER by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- THE LITTLE BALLERINA AND HER DANCING HORSE by Gelsey Kirkland
- THE WORTHY WONDERS LOST AT SEA; A WHIMSICAL WORD SEARCH ADVENTURE by Jody Linscott
- THE BEST OF ROLLING STONE: 25 YEARS OF JOURNALISM ON THE EDGE by Robert Love
- HEALING AND THE MIND by Bill Moyers
- THE GARDEN OF LIFE; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HEALING PLANTS OF INDIA by Naveen Patnaik
- THE NIGHTTIME CHAUFFEUR by Carly Simon
- BOMBSHELL: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JEAN HARLOW by David Stenn
1994
- PARIS AFTER THE LIBERATION, 1944-1949 by Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper
- ISIS AND OSIRIS; EXPLORING THE GODDESS MYTH by Jonathan Cott
- PROMISED LANDS: A NOVEL OF THE TEXAS REBELLION by Elizabeth Crook
- PHOTOGRAPHS, 1933-1967 by Toni Frissell
- THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE 2, VOLUMES 8-13, FROM THE SPRINGTIME OF CHINA TO THE FALL OF ROME, INDIA TOO! by Larry Gonick
- LOST IN THE TAIGA ONE RUSSIAN FAMILY’S FIFTY-YEAR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE SIBERIAN WILDERNESS by Vasily Peskov
- THE THREE GOLDEN KEYS by Peter Sis
1995
- SKIES IN BLOSSOM; THE NATURE POETRY OF EMILY DICKINSON by Emily Dickinson
- SHARDS OF MEMORY by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE: A FESTIVAL OF POETS by Bill D. Moyers
- THE WEDDING by Dorothy West
1996
- STALIN: THE FIRST IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY BASED ON EXPLOSIVE NEW DOCUMENTS FROM RUSSIA’S SECRET ARCHIVES by Edvard Radzinsky