Unfortunately, it wouldn’t just be nature that would devastate the young family, as rumors of JFK’s ‘nature’ would undoubtedly cause major problems behind closed doors. The Swedish aristocrat Gunilla von Post, who JFK had an affair with while serving as a senator, once claimed that he wanted to end his marriage to Jackie before they had any children together, but his father promptly stopped this as he feared it would destroy his son’s reputation and any hope of reaching the White House.
If you were to believe the rumors about JFK’s reputation for being a womanizer, the list of potential paramours is a long one. The most notable ones are Mafia moll Judith Campbell Exner, painter Mary Pinchot Meyer, intern in the White House press office Mimi Alford, German actress Marlene Dietrich and most famously of all, the “blonde bombshell” Marilyn Monroe. Even today, Monroe’s death at age 36 from an overdose of barbiturates has conjured up conspiracy theories involving both JFK and RFK in her alleged ‘murder.’
