Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis followed her everywhere and nicknamed her "Jackie O". During their marriage, the couple inhabited six different residences: her 15-room Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan, her horse farm in New Jersey, his Avenue Foch apartment in Paris, his private island Skorpios, his house in Athens, and his yacht "Christina O". Kennedy ensured that her children continued a connection with the Kennedy family by having Ted Kennedy visit them often. She developed a close relationship with Ted, and from then on he was involved in her public appearances. Aristotle Onassis' health deteriorated rapidly following the death of his son Alexander in a
Nico Mastorakis as a B-movie maker overseas. He had already made two low budget movies, one of which later became a cult classic ("Island of Death") and while living in London he wrote the screenplay for "The Greek Tycoon" (1978), a roman à clef based on his encounters with Aristotle Onassis. The movie, financed by Allan Klein, starred Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset and was distributed by Universal. Mastorakis landed a two-year contract with Paramount but he turned independent with "Blood Tide" (1982) which he wrote and produced. He has since written, produced and directed 17 features, mainly low budget but with