Alexander Onassis

Alexander Onassis (Greek Αλέξανδρος Ωνάσης ) ( born April 30, 1948 † 23 January 1973 in Athens, Greece) was the only son of the Greek ship owner and billionaire Aristotle Onassis and his first wife Athina Livanos. Bears his name, the nonprofit Alexander Onassis Foundation

Life

Alexander grew up in a well -guarded and ultra- rich conditions. The broken marriage of his parents stressed hard his youth, since 1960, the divorce of their parents had been pronounced. In contrast to his sister and his mother, he never gave himself tablets and Alkoholexessen back and unlike his father, who enjoyed the hype surrounding him, he preferred to stand in the shade and stay away from reporters. His private life was sacred to him, as he in his youth with his parents very often has been the subject of media interest.

Onassis died in 1973 in a plane crash, which was intended as a test flight over Athens. For three days he was in a coma until his father decided that life-prolonging measures should be set. He was buried on the island of Skorpios, the belonged to the family fortune. His father was buried after his death at his side. In memory of his son Aristotle Onassis founded the Alexander Onassis Foundation in Greece, which today has its headquarters in New York City and one of the largest charities in the world. Alexander's mother took a year after his death, the life, because they do not got over his death.

After his death, his sister Christina Onassis, who was not at all prepared for the Business, its business and that of the father, who passed through the death and misfortune in the family deep melancholy took over.

Quote

"My father loves household names and Jackie loves money. "