S25E1: Aristotle Onassis and His Lovely Ladies, Part One: Artemis Onassis and Claudia Muzio

Greek shipping magnate and globe trotting rich guy Aristotle Onassis might have been a minor figure in the minds of most Americans if he hadn’t inserted himself into the American psychodrama that is the Kennedy family. But obviously, his life and riches did not begin with his courtship of the widowed Jacqueline Kennedy. His story began decades before, with a hot opera singing girlfriend and a dream – of selling cigarettes to women. Hey, everybody starts somewhere.

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