The international media is reporting the story of Providencia Paredes, a close personal assistant in the John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy household from his time as a senator until after his death. Her son Gustavo Paredes announced that his mother, who was 90, died on 18 March 2015 on his Facebook page. <\/p>\n
Providencia Paredes was born in the Dominican Republic and was the first person of Latino descent to work in the White House as part of a president’s inner circle.<\/p>\n
News reports recall that after Jacqueline Onassis left Paredes US$50,000 in her will in appreciation of her service. Paredes was not with the Kennedys on the fatal day of JFK’s assassination in Dallas in November 1963 because she had asked to stay in Washington, D.C. with her children. She continued working for Onassis for a year after the former first lady moved to New York, but later returned to Washington where her family lived, and was employed by the late senator Robert Kennedy. <\/p>\n
http:\/\/latino.foxnews.com\/latino\/politics\/2013\/11\/22\/jackie-kennedy-top-assistant-recalls-first-lady-fears-and-despair-after\/<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3006909\/Personal-assistant-Jaqueline-Kennedy-dies-90.html<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/midstate\/index.ssf\/2013\/11\/jackie_kennedys_still-living_p.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The international media is reporting the story of Providencia Paredes, a close personal assistant in the John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy household from his time as a senator until after his death. Her son Gustavo Paredes announced that his mother, who was 90, died on 18 March 2015 on his Facebook page. Providencia Paredes was … <\/p>\n