alexander greek april january american businessman son greek shipping magnate wife sister upset father marriage credited attempting improve relationship father born new_york_city formally educated worked years father headquarters relationship father experienced tensions result secret relationship later appointed head greek regional airline owned father died hospital result injuries sustained air crash international airport age established memory early life alexander born private clinic new_york_city elder child greek shipping magnate wife daughter greek shipping magnate named father uncle hanged turkish military tribunal september sister born formal schooling provided personal tutor apartment young age failed exams paris aged began working father headquarters earned modest salary working father despite father great wealth enthusiastic employee fellow employee said great hurry prove described having spent day intimidated old man wealth mid 1960s began relationship french model woman years senior widow dominican playboy diplomat lived family tensions october married widow 35th president united_states sister greatly upset union hoped mother possible end father relationship greek opera singer said father loved names loved money despite liking sister friendly children caroline john occasionally let ride controls plane friend credited alexander father stop publicly accusing business rival brother law involvement death wife alexander aunt later married mother sister wife relationships second marriage exacerbated tensions inherent relationship son disapproved alexander secret relationship née british fashion model years senior wife industrialist baron met year old surprised mother inviting dinner party mother friends following dinner party went disco punched fellow dancer face fell floor suggested father wealth wanted committed relationship meeting initially resisted deep relationship eventually developed pair resisted mother constantly sought sabotage father sought undermine son relationship buying million villa outside athens gesture felt attempt mold object manipulated treated level terms chooses accepted gifts paid small earned death taken flying lesson flying hours time death possessing professional pilot license appointed president olympic aviation regional greek subsidiary father poor meant hold air transport license possess air commercial license allowing fly light planes air emergency medical cases died january age injuries sustained previous day personal amphibious airplane passenger crashed international airport athens instructing potential new pilot plane time crash role president olympic aviation accompanied regular pilot recovering eye infection seconds takeoff runway plane right wing dropped stayed plane crashed shortly losing balance flight lasting seconds pilot suffered injuries crash trio planned practice amphibious landings islands takeoff day crash father arrived new_york hospital treated couple accompanied american mother arrived switzerland husband aristotle flown english london athens richardson later told alexander chance surviving injuries considered having son body frozen persuaded buried chapel father private island reports crash independent investigator hired englishman concluded occurred result reversing connecting cables installation new control column cause disputed believed wake taken caused crash month death proceedings initiated public prosecutor athens connection crash people charged death january indictment indicating faulty controls fitted plane december paid advertisement announced offering reward equivalent million proof son death result deliberate action opposed cause conclusion reached official inquiry charges relating crash later dropped awarded years death refused believe son death accident believing cia leader greek military death profound effect father fully recovered loss son sought sell son death died years later march buried alongside son established charitable foundation memory son alexander public benefit foundation based tax haven headquartered athens foundation received fortune remainder left alexander sister foundation consists parts business foundation runs businesses including shipping public benefit foundation sole recipient business foundation public benefit foundation funds world wide promotion greek culture funds achievement fields funding scholarships greek university students
Alexander Onassis