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Aristotelis Sokratis (also Ari) Onassis (January 15, 1906 – March 15, 1975) was the most famous shipping magnate of the 20th century. He founded Olympic Airways (today Olympic Airlines), the Greek national carrier, in 1957. Onassis married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on October 20, 1968. He died at age 69, on March 15, 1975 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, of bronchial pneumonia. His daughter Christina inherited 55% of the Onassis fortune while the other 45% was used as funds for the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation set up to honor his late son Alexander Onassis. (Source: Wikipedia)