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By MAUREEN CALLAHAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:12 EDT, 15 June 2024 | UPDATED: 11:12 EDT, 16 June 2024
Few wedding announcements would have generated such universal outrage.
How could she?
In October 1968, almost five years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his revered widow announced she would be marrying billionaire Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Jackie Kennedy was 39 years old, the epitome of dignity and elegance, while Onassis was 62 and viewed by high society as a crass, gnome-like vulgarian. His affair with the opera singer Maria Callas was well-known.