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Aristotle Socrates Onassis, 69, is indisputably king of what passes today for the Jet Set. Despite a few minor financial reverses, the swarthy Greek tycoon still has a fortune estimated at up to $500 million, based on a worldwide shipping and commercial empire. That permits him the luxury of enjoying...
Cloaked in Mystery. Last week Onassis was once more the focus of international speculation. Amid reports that he was gravely ill-perhaps even near death-he was flown from Athens to Paris aboard an Olympic Airways Learjet specially outfitted with medical equipment. After resting for a night at his Avenue...
Like so much else surrounding the storied career of Greece's best-known businessman, Onassis' illness was cloaked in mystery. After he spent a day in the Paris hospital, all his physician would say was that the patient "has been shaken by very heavy influenza."
A rare picture of Onassis taken last week (see cut) suggests that he has been in poor health for some time. For several months, in fact, he has been suffering from myasthenia gravis (a debilitating disease that weakens the body muscles). On occasion, he has appeared in public with his...
At week's end Onassis' condition still remained serious. All his life he has had a reputation for being a stubborn, determined fighter who would presumably struggle to stay alive. However, intimates have noted that since a plane crash two years ago killed Alexander, his only son and...