After the Kennedy assassination , she remained the personal secretary to Jackie Kennedy until the latter's death in Her father was a successful Manhattan stockbroker. Her aunt her father's sister was the decorator Dorothy Draper. Her nephew John Gay Jr. She was also related to Walter Tuckerman.
Their families spent summers together on Long Island. Tuckerman was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Bouvier and John F. Kennedy in Tuckerman started her own travel business before being asked by Jackie Kennedy to work for her in the White House after her husband was elected president. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Tuckerman was responsible for responding to the thousands of letters that poured into the White House as condolences for Jackie Kennedy.
After leaving the White House, she remained the personal secretary to Jackie Kennedy until the latter's death in In the s, Tuckerman worked in public relations for Olympic Airways , which was owned by Aristotle Onassis ; in that role, she helped develop the first New York City Marathon.
A private person, she apparently never gave an interview or wrote a book about her relationship with Jackie Kennedy Onassis. In the biographical film Jackie , Tuckerman is portrayed by actress Greta Gerwig. Tuckerman died on August 1, , of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , at an assisted-living center in Salisbury, Connecticut.
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