Aristotle Onassis, 69, dies of pneumonia near Paris 40 years ago today (Mar 15 1975)


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(Saturday, March 15, 1975)Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping magnate and husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died today at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, of respiratory failure, a complication of the myasthenia gravis. He was 69.