In the 1970s, she led a historic preservation campaign to save Grand Central Terminal from demolition and fixing it. A plaque inside the terminal talks about her role in its preservation. In the 1980s, she was a major figure in protests against a planned skyscraper at Columbus Circle that would have created a large shadows on Central Park. Her historic preservation works also include her support of the campaign to save Olana, the home of Frederic Edwin Church in upstate New York.
Kennedy Onassis was the subject of press attention. Paparazzi photographer Ron Galella followed her around and photographed her without her permission. From 1980 until her death, Onassis had a close relationship with Maurice Tempelsman, a Belgian-born businessman and her personal financial adviser.
In the early 1990s, Kennedy Onassis supported Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton for president and donated money to his presidential campaign. Following the 1992 election, she met with First Lady Hillary Clinton and talked to her about raising a child in the White House. Clinton later said that Kennedy Onassis was "a source of inspiration and advice for me".
In November 1993, Kennedy Onassis was thrown from her horse while fox hunting in Middleburg, Virginia, and was taken to the hospital. A swollen lymph node was discovered in her groin, which was diagnosed as an infection at first. The fall made her health worse over the next six months. In December, Kennedy Onassis developed new symptoms, including a stomach ache and swollen lymph nodes in her neck. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. She began chemotherapy in January 1994 and publicly announced the diagnosis. She continued to work at Doubleday, but by March the cancer had spread to her spinal cord and brain. By May it had spread to her liver and was diagnosed as terminal.
Kennedy Onassis made her last trip home from New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center on May 18, 1994. The next night, she died in her sleep at her Manhattan apartment, aged 64. Her children were by her side. In the morning, her son John F. Kennedy, Jr. announced his mother's death to the press, saying she had been "surrounded by her friends and her family and her books, and the people and the things that she loved". He added that "She died it in her very own way, and on her own terms, and we all feel lucky for that".
On May 23, 1994, her funeral was held and asked for no cameras to film the event for privacy. She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, next to her husband President Kennedy, their son Patrick, and their stillborn daughter Arabella. President Bill Clinton delivered a eulogy at her graveside service. At the time of her death, Onassis was survived by her children Caroline and John Jr., three grandchildren and sister Lee Radziwill. She left an estate worth $43.7 million.
The Municipal Art Society of New York presents the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal to a person whose work have made an outstanding contribution to New York City. The medal was named in honor of her in 1994, for her works to preserve and protect New York City's architecture. She made her last public appearance at the Municipal Art Society two months before her May 1994 death. The White House's East Garden was renamed the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden in her honor. A high school named Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers, was opened in New York City in 1995, becoming the first high school named in her honor. The main reservoir in Central Park, near her apartment, was renamed in her honor as the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in shortly after her death.
Kennedy Onassis is seen as one of the most popular First Ladies. She was listed 27 times on the annual Gallup list of the top 10 most admired people of the second half of the 20th century; higher than that of any U.S. President listed. In 2011, she was ranked in fifth place in a list of the five most influential First Ladies of the twentieth century for her "profound effect on American society". In 2014, she ranked third place in a Siena College Institute survey, behind Eleanor Roosevelt and Abigail Adams.
In 2015, she was included in a list of the top ten inspirational First Ladies because of the admiration for her based around "her fashion sense and later after her husband's assassination, for her poise and dignity". In 2020, "Time" magazine included her name on its list of 100 Women of the Year. She was named Woman of the Year 1962 for her efforts in uplifting the American history and art.
Kennedy Onassis is seen as an important First Lady in American history. Many historians feel that First Ladies since Kennedy Onassis have either been compared to or against her. Since the late 2000s, her traditional persona has been used by political commentators when talking about fashionable political spouses.
Kennedy Onassis became a global fashion icon during her husband's presidency. Many of her well known clothes are preserved at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Pieces from the collection were shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2001.
In 2012, "Time" magazine included Kennedy Onassis on its All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons list. In 2016, "Forbes" included her on the list "10 Fashion Icons and the Trends They Made Famous".
In 2016, Natalie Portman played Kennedy Onassis in a movie about her after the events of her husband's assassination and her interview with Theodore H. White. For her role, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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