US EditionMaurice Tempelsman, diamond baron and partner of Jackie Onassis, dies at 95
Maurice Tempelsman, a key figure in the diamond trade and adviser to Jackie Onassis, influenced US-Africa relations and donated $500,000 to Democratic causes in the 1990s.
- On Aug. 23 Maurice Tempelsman died at age 95 in a Manhattan hospital after complications from a fall, his son Leon said.
- Maurice Tempelsman acted as Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s financial adviser, co-executor of her will, and primary caregiver who helped multiply her $26 million inheritance from Aristotle Onassis.
- In his business career Tempelsman acquired Lazare Kaplan in 1984 and opened a Kinshasa trading office by 1960, forging ties with Mobutu Sese Seko to mediate African diamond trade.
- Tempelsman is survived by three children—Leon, Marcy Tempelsman and Rena Tempelsman—six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; he had three children with Lilly Bucholz, his estranged wife.
- He faced controversy over alleged CIA ties as a French court ruled the claim non-defamatory, while Maurice Tempelsman maintained close friendships with Democratic Party leaders and supported the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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Maurice Tempelsman, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ longtime partner until her death, has died at age 95.
Maurice Tempelsman, a renowned diamond dealer and companion for many years of former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, died at age 95 in New York, her family reported. Her death on Saturday in a Manhattan hospital was due to complications resulting from a fall, her son Leon told the U.S. press. Tempelsman was as well known for his friendship with Jackie O, as she was called the tabloids, as for his relations with authoritarian African …
Maurice Tempelsman, historian diamond dealer and last companion of Jackie Kennedy, died at 95 years of age in Manhattan. Fascinating and controversial figure, he was among the major importers of diamonds in the United States
He died at the age of 95. Like US media such as the "People's Magazine" or the "New York Times", he succumbed to the consequences of a fall on Saturday (23 August). His son Leon confirmed his death. Born in Antwerp from a refugee to the diamond zar in 1929, Tempelsman fled to New York in 1940 with his Jewish family before the Nazis. From modest beginnings he became one of the most powerful men in the diamond industry. He established close relati…
died at 95 years old Maurice Tempelsman, Jackie Kennedy's last companion and one of the most important diamond importers in the United States. Tempelsman died in...
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