Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis 

After Robert Kennedy's death in 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy reportedly suffered a relapse of the depression she had experienced following her husband's assassination nearly five years earlier. Fearing for her life and those of her children, she sought privacy and security, which she found in Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate. They married on Onassis's private island, Skorpios, in the Ionian Sea. Following the marriage, she took the legal name Jacqueline Onassis and lost her right to Secret Service protection. The marriage brought considerable adverse publicity, partly because Aristotle was divorced and his former wife was still living, leading to speculation about her potential excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church. Despite condemnation from some quarters and being targeted by paparazzi, she continued to be involved in public life, including being appointed vice president of the Newport Restoration Foundation by her friend Doris Duke. During their marriage, they lived in multiple residences across the world. Aristotle Onassis's health declined after the death of his son in 1973, and he died in 1975. Jacqueline Onassis eventually accepted a $26 million settlement from his daughter, Christina Onassis.