Sixties People

Jacqueline Kennedy
 

Born: July 28, 1929(1929-07-28)
Southampton, New York, U.S.
Died: May 19, 1994 (aged 64) (cancer)
New York, New York, U.S.
Married:  John F. Kennedy (1953–63)
Married: Aristotle Onassis (1968–75)

First Lady of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963


Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of John F. Kennedy from 1953 to 1963 and was known as Jacqueline Kennedy or Jackie Kennedy. She was First Lady of the United States from 1961 until her husband's assassination in 1963.  Dramatic images show her trying to save her husband in the famous Zapruder Tape.

She later married Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975, and was known as Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Onassis, or more informally as Jackie O. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor.