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atmosphere in Dallas before, 120–121
funeral and aftermath, 124–125
Jackie and, 4, 7, 13, 121–123, 125, 126, 127, 128–133, 159–160
Lee and, 125–127, 129–130, 192
Kennedy, John F. Jr., 78, 187, 201, 231
acting ambitions of, 267–268
attends law school, 269, 270
birth of, 73
Caroline’s wedding and, 255, 256
death of, 276–278, 279, 284
education of, 171, 173, 180, 204, 222
in Greece, 163, 167, 168, 169, 175
in Ireland, 152
Jackie’s estate and, 276
Jackie’s illness, death, and funeral, 1, 267, 268, 272–273
Lee’s personal documentary and, 203–204
marries Bessette, 276
Onassis’s death and, 208–210
Kennedy, Joseph (JFK’s father), 56, 162–163
Kennedy, Joseph Jr. (JFK’s brother), 206, 277, 279
Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick,” 117, 277
Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier (son), 118, 126, 145, 167, 169, 274, 279
Kennedy, Robert F. (Bobby)
assassination of, 159–162, 167
Jackie and, 146, 148, 160, 275
Jacobson and, 81
Kennedy’s assassination and, 129, 130
after Kennedy’s death, 134–137
Kennedy’s paramours and, 126
Lee and, 117, 275
Onassis and, 116, 117, 158–159
Vidal and insult to Jackie in White House, 95, 251
Kennedy, Rose, 162–163, 177, 221
death of, 274
ninety-ninth birthday of, 264
Kenneth (hairdresser), 151
Kennett, Audrey, 224
Khrushchev, Nikita, 80, 88, 89, 113
King, Larry, 283–285
Kinnicutt, Dorothy May (Sister Parish), 98–100
Kistler, Terry, 225, 226
Klemesrud, Judy, 215, 238
Knickerbocker, Suzy, 143
Kolin, Grace Maria, 60
Krock, Arthur, 49, 50, 51
Kuhn, William, 228
Ladies’ Home Journal, 142, 190
Lambert, Eleanor, 201–202
Lasata (Bouvier estate)
Jackie and Lee at, 3, 4, 12, 205
memories and influences of, 59, 91, 141, 176, 230, 295
sale of, 21
“Last Day, The” (Seferis), 221–222
Laura (play), 153–154
Lawford, Pat Kennedy, 141, 169, 272
Lawford, Peter, 141
Lawrence, Greg, 237
Leaming, Barbara, 16–17
Lear, Frances, 260
Lee (Radziwill), 252, 289
Lee, James Thomas Aloysius (grandfather), 13, 19, 21
Légion d’honneur, awarded to Lee, 290
Leonard, John, 229
Lerman, Leo, 180–181, 182, 183, 184, 199, 213, 214
Lerner, Karen, 185
Lévy, Bernard-Henri, 290
Lewis, Annie Burr, 24
Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon “Lefty,” 24
Liaigre, Christian, 292
Lichtenstein, Roy and Dorothy, 254
Life (Richards), 192
Life magazine, 28, 124, 153, 155, 223
Lincoln, Evelyn, 96
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 98
Livanos, Tina. See Onassis, Tina Livanos
Look magazine, 20, 137
Lowell, Robert, 226, 262
Luce, Henry, 114
Macmillan, Harold, 88
Madison, James and Dolly, 51
Mailer, Norman, 103–104, 190
Malraux, André, 83–85, 88
Manchester, William, 7, 121, 134–137, 146, 152
Marquand, John Jr., 41
marriage, of Jackie and Onassis
Jackie leaves New York for reasons of privacy, 160–161, 166–167
Jackie’s happiness during, 173–178, 179
Jackie’s spending and absence from Greece, 180–182, 202
Kennedy children and, 163, 167, 168, 169, 171, 175, 179, 180
Lee’s reactions to, 165–166, 169, 171–173, 177–178, 199
Onassis and Callas and, 119, 158, 163, 164–165, 180, 181–184, 201–203
Onassis children and, 162, 164, 169, 170, 175, 177
Onassis’s plans to divorce Jackie, 195, 196, 197
prenuptial agreement and, 163–164
reactions to, 158–159, 160, 162–170
wedding ceremony, 168–170
Masters, George, 149–150, 151
Matthau, Carol, 191
Maysles, Albert and David, 4, 205–208
McCall’s, 142, 177
McClanahan, Muriel, 40
McNamara, Robert, 129
Meier, Richard, 260
Mekas, Jonas, 203–205, 231
Melissinos, Stavros, 176
Mellon, Bunny, 100, 136, 272
Mellon, James “Jay,” 189, 224, 242
Mémoires (de Gaulle), 56
Meneghini, Giovanni, 116–117
Menshikov, Mikhail, 88
Merrywood (Auchincloss estate), 8, 20, 21, 36, 40, 217
Lee’s wedding at, 54–55
Meyer, André, 164
Meyer, Mary Pinchot, 76
Mezzadri, Ferruccio, 164–165, 182–183
Milosz, Czeslaw, 225
Miotis, Alexis, 175
Miss Porter’s School
Jackie at, 14, 21–22, 27, 76, 92, 104, 228, 273
Lee at, 7, 20, 21–22, 24–25, 29, 45, 148, 150
Mongiardino, Renzo, 63–65, 67, 68, 100–101, 139
Montgomery, Charles, 98
Moonwalk (Jackson), 237
Moore, Ellen and Mamie, 51
Morris, Bingham Willing “Booch,” 235–236, 263, 264
Morrissey, Paul, 186–187
Mrs. Kennedy (Leaming), 16–17
Ms. magazine, 227
Muses Are Heard, The (Capote), 191
Nabokov, Nicolas, 224
National Enquirer, 146
Needleman, Deborah, 291
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 105–106, 107, 108, 281
Neilson, Nigel, 211
Newport Clambake Club, 25, 26
New York Daily Mirror, 18
New York magazine, 248
New York Post, 148, 160
New York Review of Books, 224
New York Times, 51, 59, 98, 137, 154, 200, 214, 215, 222, 229, 271
Niarchos, Stavros, 164, 182, 195
Nichols, Mike, 178, 236, 273, 282
Nomikos, Markos, 91
Noonan, William “Billy,” 272
Norman, Jessie, 273
Norwich, William, 292
Nureyev, Rudolf, 63, 172, 241, 260
death of, 265
Jackie and, 67, 69–70
Lee and, 66–70, 114, 149, 151, 216, 254
Lee’s wedding to Ross and, 258, 259
O’Brien, Larry, 125
Old Goriot (Balzac), 295–296
Onassis, Alexander, 164, 169–170, 177
death of, 195–199, 201–202, 208, 209, 277, 279
father’s plans to divorce Jackie, 195, 196
Onassis, Aristotle
Alexander’s death and, 195–199, 201–202, 208, 279
background of, 115
death of, 4, 208–211
financial problems of, 180–182, 202
Kennedys’ assassination and, 125–126
Lee and, 115–120, 149, 177–178, 210, 245
personality of, 158
“Project Omega,” 171, 182
see also marriage, of Jackie and Onassis
Onassis, Artemis, 162–163, 169, 202, 209
Onassis, Christina, 162, 164, 169, 177, 202
daughter of, 211–212
death of, 212
father’s death and, 196, 197, 198, 209–211, 213
marriages and divorces of, 195, 211
Onassis, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy, 34, 51, 53, 117–
118, 269
affection for father, 3, 4, 8, 17, 21
Alexander Onassis’s death and, 201–202
Beales and, 170, 201, 205, 207, 208
beauty and beauty routine of, 9, 27, 34
beginnings of estrangement from Lee, 3–4, 7, 9–10, 46
birth of, 12
Bobby Kennedy and, 146, 148, 160, 175
Bobby Kennedy’s assassination and, 159, 161–162
builds Red Gate Farm in Martha’s Vineyard, 230–231
Capote and, 144–145, 146
Caroline’s wedding and, 255–258
as Catholic, 9, 19
at Chapin School, 22
Cuban Missile Crisis, 111–114
as debutante, 14, 25–26, 28, 79
description of self, 34–35
as editor at Doubleday, 229–230, 236–237, 271
as editor at Viking, 222–229
estate of, 229–230, 276
fashion sense and, 78–80
father’s death and, 58–59
at George Washington University, 40
Husted’s engagement to, 52, 55
illness, death, and funeral of, 1, 267–268, 271–273, 274
infidelities of husbands and, 76–77, 96–97, 114–115, 145, 184
as “Inquiring Cameragirl” for Washington Times-Herald, 49–52, 55, 97, 223
Jacobson and, 81, 89
John Jr.’s flying and, 277
Kennedy and, 110–111, 119, 174
Kennedy’s engagement to, 55–57
Lee and Ross’s wedding and, 268
Lee differs from, 13–16, 24–25
Lee on, 213
Lee’s acting and, 152–153
Lee’s divorce of Radziwill and, 199
Lee’s engagement to Cope and, 243–244
Lee’s marriage to Canfield annulled, 105
Lee’s nickname for, 14
Lee’s wedding to Ross, 258, 260
Manchester and, 133–137
at Miss Porter’s School, 14, 21–22, 27, 76, 92, 104, 228, 273
Morris and, 263
mother and, 16–17, 264
mother’s will and, 264–265
Nureyev and, 67, 69–70
Onassis’s death and, 4, 196, 197, 198–199, 208–211, 221–222
Onassis’s estate and, 210–211, 223
parents’ divorce and, 3, 8–9, 18–19
personality of, 14–15, 102–104, 287
poetry and, 2–3, 15, 33, 35, 47, 104, 221–222, 225–226, 270, 273
Prix de Paris award, 32–35, 41, 93, 228
pronunciation of first name, 37
smoking and, 25, 268
speaking voice of, 28, 104, 218
Stas Radziwill and, 60, 71, 235
style and interests of, 2–3, 26–27, 78–80
at Vassar, 27, 28–29, 76, 84
Warhol’s Montauk cottage and, 186
wealth of, 244, 245
White House redecoration and, 97–101
White House television tour and, 101–104
White House visits of Lee and Radziwill, 74–77, 94–95, 103
will and estate of, 1–2, 264–265, 274–275
see also Kennedy, John F., assassination of; marriage, of Jackie and Onassis; travel, of Jackie and Lee
Onassis, Socrates, 115
Onassis, Tina Livanos, 115, 164, 195
One Special Summer (Radziwill), 42, 43, 217–218
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Capote), 247
Paley, Babe, 142–143, 144, 147, 191, 215, 248
Paley, William, 147, 215, 249
Palimpset (Vidal), 20
Pearson, Drew, 116
Pecci-Blunt, Countess Anna, 46–47
People magazine, 200, 234, 247, 268–269
Perry, Eleanor, 165–166
Philadelphia, Story, The (Barry), 149
Philip, prince of England, 90
Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan), 225
Pinchot, Tony, 76–77
Playboy magazine, 248
Playgirl magazine, 251
Plimpton, George, 95, 222, 227–228, 230, 257–258
Poets & Writers, 225
Porter, Cole, 11
Portrait of a President (Manchester), 134
Pound, Ezra, 256
Preston, Kiki Whitney, 53
Prix de Paris award, Jackie and, 32–35, 41, 93, 228
Proust, Marcel, 246–248
Putnam, Michelle Bouvier (aunt), 141
Pynchon, Thomas, 44
Radziwill, Anna Christina (Tina) (daughter), 116, 242
birth of, 73–74
father’s death and, 235
Jackie and, 1–2, 178, 240–241, 272
Kennedy cousins and, 78, 139, 187, 204, 231, 258, 273, 274, 276, 279
Lee on, 213
Lee’s personal documentary and, 203–204
parents’ divorce and, 199, 200, 204
Ross and, 260–261
Tufo and, 237–238
Radziwill, Anthony (son), 1–2, 139, 178, 235, 242, 262, 272
birth of, 65
father’s death and, 235
illness and death of, 276, 278–279, 282, 284–285
Kennedy cousins and, 78, 231, 273, 274, 276, 279
Lee’s personal documentary and, 203–204
parents’ divorce and, 199, 200, 204
Ross and, 260–261
Radziwill, Carole Ann deFalco, 265–266
Anthony’ illness and death and, 276, 278–279
on Bessette, 270
on Lee, 48, 266–267, 289–290, 293
Radziwill, Caroline Lee Bouvier, 9, 77, 89, 103, 117, 174, 178, 227, 245, 253, 269
acting experience of, 7, 27–28, 30, 148–155, 191
affection for father, 3, 4, 8, 17, 21, 29–30, 59, 283, 295
Agnelli and, 94–95
alcoholism and, 240–242
Anthony’s death and, 279, 284–285
Anthony’s engagement and wedding and, 265–267
Beales and, 205–208
Beard’s affair with, 178–180, 185–186, 199, 219
beauty of, 9, 10, 15
birth of, 12
Callas and, 214–215
Canfield’s marriage to, 3, 53–55, 57, 60–61, 62, 105, 114
Capote and, 142–144, 147–148, 251–253
as Catholic, 9, 24
childhood attempt to adopt orphan, 23–24
Christina’s birth and Lee’s depression after, 73–74
Cope and, 239–240, 242–245
Cuban Missile Crisis, 113
as debutante, 25, 28, 79
early estrangement from Jackie, 3–4, 7, 9–10, 46
Gin Lane house and, 212–213, 238, 260
at Harper’s Bazaar, 53
on her father, 11, 12
Hitchens and, 288–289
interior design and, 62–65, 66, 101, 139–140
interior design business of, 231–234, 239, 241, 242–243, 253
International Best Dressed List and, 79–80
interviews for CBS, 215–217
on Jackie, 7–8, 16, 71–72, 127, 131
Jackie differs from, 13–16, 24–25
Jackie’s choices of couture and, 74–76
Jackie’s illness, death, and funeral, 1, 267, 271–274
Jackie’s increasing public popularity and, 88–91, 93–94
Jackie’s job at Viking and, 231
Jackie’s marriage to Onassis and, 165–166, 169, 171–173, 177–178, 199
Jackie’s nickname for, 14
Jackie’s White House years and, 72, 131
Jackie’s will and, 1–2, 274–275
Jacobson and, 82
on Kennedy, 71
Kennedy’s assassination and, 125–127, 129–130, 137–138, 192
as last keeper of Bouvier flame, 293–294
Légion d’honneur awarded to, 290
at Miss Porter’s School, 7, 20, 21–22, 24–25, 29, 45, 140, 150
as mother’s favorite,
16–17
on mother’s memory of father, 264
mother’s remarriage and, 19–21
mother’s trust fund for, 262–263, 274
Onassis and Jackie’s fourth anniversary party, 177–178
Onassis’s death and, 115–120, 149, 210, 245
parents’ divorce and, 3, 8–9, 18–19, 45
personal documentary of, 203–205
personality of, 12–14, 242, 282–283
Radziwill’s affairs and, 73–74, 96, 114–115
Radziwill’s death and, 235
Radziwill’s marriage to, 60–66, 114–115, 180, 185–186, 199–200
Radziwill’s title and, 62, 90
Rolling Stones’ 1972 concert tour, 190–195
Ross’s marriage to, 258–262, 279–282, 283
at Sarah Lawrence College, 32, 52–53
singing of, 43–44, 52, 150
smoking and, 25
speaking voice of, 28
Steel Magnolias premier and, 280–282
style and interests of, 2–3, 5–7, 9, 78–80, 287–296
Tufo and, 237–240
visual eye and knowledge of art history, 218–219
Warhol’s Montauk cottage and, 186–187
White House dinners given for, 76–77, 94–95
White House visits of, 74–76
works for Architectural Digest, 254
works for Armani, 254, 260, 284
see also Kennedy, John F., assassination of; travel, of Jackie and Lee
Radziwill, Edmund, 180
Radziwill, Stanislas “Stas,” 139, 178, 241
background of, 60
Capote’s Black and White Ball and, 147–148
Cuban Missile Crisis, 113
death of, 234–235
declining finances of, 234, 235
Jacobson and, 80–81
Kennedy and, 71–72, 73, 78
Kennedy’s assassination and, 125–127, 131, 136
Lee’s acting jobs and, 149–150, 151, 154, 155
Lee’s affair with, 60, 61
Lee’s marriage to, 60–66, 180
Lee’s marriage to ends, 114–115, 185–186, 199–200
Nureyev and, 68
Onassis and, 172
Polish title and British citizenship, 61, 89, 90
White House dinners given for, 76–77, 94–95
White House visits of, 74–76, 103
Reading Jackie (Kuhn), 228
Real Housewives of New York City, 266, 267
Reggie, Victoria, 272
Rense, Paige, 233–234
Richards, Keith, 192–193
Richardson, Dr. Alan, 196–197
Richardson, John, 246, 250
Rizza, Signora Dalla, 43
Rolling Stone magazine, 190–191, 194
Rolling Stones, 205
Lee and friends on 1972 concert tour with, 190–195
Roosevelt, Franklin Jr., 95, 118
Roosevelt, Suzanne, 118, 119
Roosevelt, Theodore, 98
Ross, Herbert David, 266, 273
background of, 260–261
death of, 282, 285
marriage to Lee, 258–262