Maurice Tempelsman, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ longtime partner until her death, has died at age 95.

The Belgian-born diamond tycoon died on Aug. 23 after complications from a fall, his son Leon told The New York Times .

Tempelsman, who amassed an impressive fortune selling diamonds from Africa’s Gold Coast, boasted a close relationship with the former First Lady for years — a bond that eventually turned romantic in the final chapter of her life. 5

Born in Aug. 1929 in Antwerp, Belgium to Orthodox Jewish parents, Tempelsman and his family fled Europe in 1940 as Nazi Germany invaded Belgium.

The family settled in New York City, with Tempelsman later enrolling at New York University for two years.

After dropping out, he worked at his father’s diamond merchant company, Leon Tempe

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