Jackie Kennedy Onassis remains to this day iconic, a figure of high fashion and tragedy. Her sister Lee however is less well-known. Yet it is impossible to understand one without the other, their lives were intertwined – through rivalry and resentment, love and loss.
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Photographer is disgusting.
Jackie made it because she was pretty and classy because she definitely was not pretty. She was strange looking. Leigh was the pretty one.
Though they made contributions in life, they were flawed: gold diggers. Sad
That shot of them as girls at 3:42 is just beautiful. They both possessed such great style, Jackie was such a classy lady and her fashion is so iconic, the dresses, sunglasses etc. Lee also was a very iconic dresser & interior design as well, I brought her book Happy Times, just fantastic. RIP to them both!
Don’t be fooled. IMO. CIA murdered JFK, not Lee Harvey Oswald.
Lee was always envious of Jackie’s life. Jackie’s sense of style did not come from her father
So lee’s first child was not a radziwill. If that ws Carole’s husband, she traded on the name
Around 20:00 approx…..Lee was never considered a style icon. Her sister was. Lee would never have been noticed if not for Jackie
With all the tragedy she raised two remarkable children I believe her greatest achievements!
I was glad that she went to work and not be concerned about husband but to have something to look forward. I believe with Aristotle's money and her job that was enough to not worry about money. Whatever she had for so many pictures and paparazzi there won't be another female like her except "Diana" became the next Jackie.
The only one that comes close to be "Jackie" is "Diana." That becomes an obsession in the public's eye.
Her “ breathless affectation” with her voice was so fake! Her sister was the most genuine of the two.
Black Jack Bouvier, was a alcoholic , so much so he couldnt give Jackie away to be married.
It should be titled: The Bouviers.
0:08 Expo 67 Montreal Canada.
It is laughable to attempt to make EITHER of these women out to be something other than what they were ( incredibly shallow, selfish, status-seekers—who judged others not on their character, but on their wealth & social pedigree)….
Looking at their lives, one sees a wisp of potential — engulfed by a sea of unhappy, self-created waste….
Cleopatra was NOT Beautiful!!!!
and now the irish look down on others. and on and on it goes. america
kennedy wouldn't have gotten away with any of this in the AIDS days
Very well done.
Good presentation
Nah she won’t be remembered like cleopatra. Shes no where near to what cleo achieved.
Yeah. He was killed by your secret services. This terrible act changed the course of US history. Look at it now. The lunatics have taken over the asylum
RON PHOTOGRAPHER YOU ARE A CREEPER!
Cum ridicam in slavi niste oameni care s-au nascut si au trait in puf, fara a avea alt merit clar decat ca s-au nascut in bani si au primit o educatie buna! Sunt foarte multi oameni care au pornit dint-o Baraca si au devenit milionari prin munca grea! Sunt putini dar sunt…pe ei insa nu ii ridica nimeni in slavi!
I never saw these 2 beautiful ladies in each other's shadows at all. I always saw them as just beautiful woman, in their own right, and IMO, they are always the classiest of USA, with Mrs Melanie Trump right there with them! And Princess Diana in first place. What a sisterhood these 4 gorgeous women. Such class ever! Brains and beauty! Thank you for the video. Very well done. I've subscribed!
One of the saddest days of my life
Lee was a public embarrassment
I don’t think it was one gunman; watch Oliver Stone’s movie and subsequent documentary. Many people believe there were people in the government that planned this. JFK was going against powerful people in the government and they were not going to be stopped. He was against the war in Viet Nam. Against sending our boys
They wanted an expensive war
Regardless of how many boys came home in coffins
So infuriating that these people did this
elegant perfection lady queen her stunning beauty is a gift
The cia did this. Research it.
I feel like this is more about Jackie's life than the rift between the sisters.
HOW SICK IS THAT 2 SISTER'S SLEEPING WITH THE SAME UGLY MAN … INSANE
MONEY MONEY MONEY OF COURSE INSANE !!!!!!!!!
They are all dead now. Went by very fast. We all need Jesus Christ.
Feminists need to take Lessons from Jackie on how to BEHAVE in a marriage and in Public. No Man wants a Woman to dominate him or embarrass him in public or in private. That's why there are millions of Spinsters in the USA today. Men do not want a feminist wife who will abort their child or compete with him… and Yes, It's HIS child too. Not entirely Her body when there is another Human being inside who wants to be born.
Sorry but this was not a pretty woman. Jackie that is.
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good work
Absolutely Beautiful Story I hate her losses. But I love her happiness and brilliant ideas and candor. I love her protection of her children and also the protection of her privacy
Now we know that was CIA just insiders job of USA😊
Jackie look like mr bean ‼️ 🗣️ i sais what I said 📌
Could never understant hiw people thought she was so beautful. She was avarage in the looks department at best. She was however very good at manipulation with her eye always on the prize.
His assassination was a shame they said the shot came from a tall building but if you check the footage he was shot from behind you can see this by the blood splatter
Her husband and his brother he’d sex with everything that moved
Don’t care if your Empress and a Queen. You steal your sisters lover that wrong.