She was America’s most elegant First Lady—but behind closed doors, Jackie Kennedy Onassis faced decades of emotional and physical hardship. Autopsy: The Last Hours of Jackie Kennedy Onassis revisits her final chapter, revealing the hidden health battles and untold medical history of one of the most iconic women of the 20th century.
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00:00Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, leading first lady, was just 64 when she died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
00:10World-acclaimed forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter is investigating the events that led to her death.
00:17From my investigations so far, I've learned that Jackie was a heavy smoker, which means statistically she had an increased risk of contracting lymphoma.
00:27Jackie had also endured immense trauma on the day of her husband's assassination, and it's highly likely this led to undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, highly likely a contributing factor in her illness.
00:42But I want to know why she died so quickly following diagnosis.
00:48Mid-March, 1994, New York, two and a half months before her death.
00:54Jackie starts to feel generally weak with pains in her legs.
00:59She has an MRI scan.
01:01It shows the lymphoma has gone from her neck, chest, and abdomen.
01:06But the cerebellum portion of her brain has now been affected by the cancer.
01:11The cancer has spread to the membranes that cover her brain and spinal cord.
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