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Lee Radziwill, society grande dame and sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, dies at 85
Lee Radziwill, who parlayed her cachet as the younger sister of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis into a varied career as a fashion tastemaker, interior decorator, actress, princess and grande dame of cafe society on two continents, died Feb. 15 in New York. She was 85.
The death was confirmed by Cornelia Guest, a close friend. No other details were available.
Brought up amid great wealth in the Bouvier and Auchincloss families, Radziwill was raised with her sister in mansions along the East Coast.
Though she famously floundered as an actress, her adventurous spirit, sophisticated looks, husky voice and glamorous association with the Kennedy White House put her on magazine covers and televisions while opening doors to royal palaces, gala soirees, torrid romances and touchstone events of the 1960s and ’70s.
She obtained the title of princess after exchanging vows with an exiled Polish nobleman, her second of three husbands, but her most enduring influence was as a queen of style.
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The glamorous life (and royal marriage) of Jackie Kennedy's sister Lee Radziwill
Having Jacqueline Kennedy as a sister would be enough to make anyone feel overshadowed – but Lee Radziwill was a society star in her own right.
The younger sister of the former US First Lady, Lee became an 'It Girl' in the '60s and '70s thanks to her A-list friends, lauded fashion sense and glamorous career path.
(Being sister-in-law to the president didn't hurt, either.)
Her three marriages also piqued the public's interest – especially when she wed a European aristocrat and scored a princess title.
READ MORE: Why Jackie kept bloodstained suit on after JFK's assassination
Kennedy connection aside, the late Lee Radziwill made her own mark on American culture and society. As she once declared: "I'm nobody's kid sister."
Now, five years after her death, she's being flung back into pop culture.
It's all thanks to a TV series based on Truman Capote and his famous "society swans" – the flock of glamorous women t
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Timeless Style: Lee Radziwill Remembered
I wrote a post about Lee Radziwill, American socialite and sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis just after she passed away on February 15th 2019. As a leading swan of the celebrated American novelist and screenwriter Truman Capote, Mrs Radziwill is played by Calista Flockhart in the new drama series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans on FX;Hulu. For those who missed it the first time around I thought it was worth a revisit of that earlier post.
Lee Radziwill, born Caroline Lee Bouvier passed away on Friday and I read the New York Times Obituary. Not being familiar with the more intimate details of her life I found it quite a fascinating read. This morning I read In Memoriam: Lee Radziwill on the Habitually Chic blog that gives a nuanced, life affirming portrayal accompanied by virtually a catalog of images.
Lee’s greatest claim to fame was of course as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s younger sister. Growing up close to, but in the shadow of her much celebrated sister, she also endured a difficult and strained relationship
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