Later Years and Death
Onassis famously dated Fiona (née Campbell Walter) Thyssen, a woman 16 years his senior and of whom his father strongly disapproved. It is believed now that Onassis had intentions of marrying her despite his father's energetic attempts to break them up. Fiona was divorced from Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza since 1965. She was a Scottish-born fashion model. During their relationship, she was 40 years old and Onassis was 24.
According to British author Peter Evans he also had an affair in the south of France with Odile Rodin who was the widow of playboy Porfirio Rubirosa. (She was 11 years his senior in age).
Onassis died in a plane crash at Ellinikon International Airport in an incident that has fueled many conspiracy theories. He was 24 years old. He was buried next to the chapel on his father's private island, the Greek Ionian island of Skorpios. Approximately two years later, his father died too, and was buried beside Onassis. Many people have said or written that Onassis' death was the end for his father, in terms of his desire to go on living, that he died in all but fact along with Alexander .
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