SUSAN ROOK, CNN ANCHOR: The widow of President John F. Kennedy and Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis had been battling cancer of the lymphatic system since the first of this year. Her swift death making headlines from Brazil to Britain, with flags flying at half-staff in Boston. A short while ago the family announced that the former first lady will be buried alongside the slain president at Arlington National Cemetery. Since hearing the news of her death, people have been filing by.</s>BRUCE MORTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think people were sad. I think there was the sense of an end of an era. I think Mrs. Kennedy's legacy to America and to the world was that America was not simply a country of power, but that it was a glamorous place. Here was this woman who knew about China, knew about fashion, knew about art, and Americans became very proud of that I think. The great tragedy, of course, was the president's death, and she overcame that I think by changing her life in a major, substantial way: by leaving the country, by seeking privacy with Onassis. I really think her life was her contribution and her life not as Mrs. Onassis, which was out of the public eye, but her life as the first lady, which was very much in the public eye. This was a woman who stood there and said: I can make something of this house, I can make a symbol of this place that will say: We are sophisticated. We are international. We matter. And I am not sure that other White Houses, though they were full of people with ideas, they never had quite that star quality.
CNN 20: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dies, May 19, 1994