Maurice Tempelsman

Maurice Tempelsman (born August 26, 1929) is an American diamond merchant and industrialist of Belgian Jewish extraction.

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August 26 - 1929 - Belgian - Jewish

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He was the long-time companion of First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. The two began their relationship in the late 1970s, shortly after the death of Jackie's wealthy second husband, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

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First Lady - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - Magnate - Aristotle Onassis

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Tempelsman soon moved into Jackie's magnificent Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City. The couple frequently took walks through Central Park and were photographed doing so, literally, in the final days of Jackie's life. Jacqueline Onassis died May 19, 1994, of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer at the age of 64 after all treatments had failed.

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Fifth Avenue - New York City - Central Park - May 19 - 1994 - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

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After the former First Lady's death, Tempelsman became more of a "father figure" to Jackie's surviving children: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and John F. Kennedy Jr..

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Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg - John F. Kennedy Jr.

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