4 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes on Death

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis quotes on death

24. His head was so beautiful. I tried to hold the top of his head down, maybe I could keep it in... but I knew he was dead.

27. I said, 'I want to be in there when he dies'... so Burkeley forced his way into the operating room and said, 'It's her prerogative, it's her prerogative...' and I got in, there were about forty people there. Dr. Perry wanted to get me out. But I said 'It's my husband, his blood, his brains are all over me.'

28. I held his hand all the time the priest was saying extreme unction.

47. Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.

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