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Witness History: Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

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Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

20/09/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

The journalist who revealed the affair between the Greek shipping magnate and JFK's widow

The Greek journalist who broke the news of the relationship between the Greek shipping tycoon, Aristotle Onassis, and Jackie Kennedy, America's widowed former first lady in 1968.

In the late 1960s, the widow of President Kennedy had a secret romance with Aristotle Onassis, who was then the richest man in the world. Simon Watts spoke to Nico Mastorakis, a Greek journalist who visited Onassis’s yacht in disguise to confirm the relationship and secure a sensational scoop. Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis would go on to marry in October 1968 in a spectacular ceremony on the private island of Skorpios.

PHOTO:Jackie Kennedy with Aristotle Onassis in 1968. Credit: David Cairns/Getty Images.

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