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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mega-Episode

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The Disapproval of Jackie Kennedy

The world lost its collective shizzle not to put too fine a point on it. The wedding was Greek Orthodox. So even though Jackie's kids were there, they didn't understand a single word of it. It seems like an early 60s scenario though. Housewives were taking things like dexidrine, jalous weight, and to be peppy enough to iron. At least Ari was sort of discreet about it. He didn't flaunt the affair in Jackie's face. But more heartbreaking I think was that Ari talked to business with his mistress. She's the famous opera singer Maria Callis who had broken up his first marriage.

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