Christina Onassis
Christina Onassis ( Greek Χριστίνα Ωνάση Christína Onási ) (born December 11, 1950 in New York City , † November 19, 1988 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) was the daughter of the Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis and his first wife Athina Livanos .
Life
Christina Onassis first grew up in New York. She received private tuition, learned several languages, attended the private Hewitt School there and later Queen's College in London.
After the death of her brother Alexander , who died in a plane crash in 1973, she took over the business of her father, who was deeply influenced by the event. The intensive business activities for her father's shipping company Olympic Maritime were very demanding. At the same time she played a key role in the expansion of the Alexander Onassis Foundation . Her mother's suicide in 1974 and the death of her father in 1975 plunged her into deep depression . In 1977 she gave up the management of the shipping company. She donated her father's yacht - today under the name " Christina O " - to the Greek state.
Christina Onassis was married to real estate agent Joseph Bolker for the first time. After the divorce she was married to Alexander Andreadis and then to the Russian and KGB man Sergei Kausow. Most recently with Thierry Roussel (* 1953), who works in the pharmaceutical business . They had a daughter with him, Athina Onassis (* 1985). The couple's marriage lasted from 1984 to 1987.
As a result of taking barbiturates and misusing them, Christina Onassis suffered a heart attack caused by pulmonary edema . She died in Buenos Aires at the age of 37.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Onassis, Christina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ōnasēs, Christina; Ωνάση, Χριστίνα; Roussel, Christina; Onassis, Tina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek shipowner's daughter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1988 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires , Argentina |