Once the war ended, as Paul Mellon wrote in his autobiography, Reflections in a Silver Spoon, both men found it difficult to resume married life. A well-groomed young woman is trailing her, but Mellon seems miraculously able for a 99-year-old. After spending most of her life trying to avoid the spotlight, she was thrust into it when Edwards was indicted in 2011 for using what prosecutors alleged was campaign money, including $750,000 from Mellon, to hide mistress Rielle Hunter and their child during Edwards 2008 Democratic presidential bid. Ted Kennedy with Bunny Mellon in Cambridge, Mass. Trescherwith Bunny in her special role as collaborator/directorhad orchestrated Caroline Kennedys wedding in 1985. She planted a variety of pear and apple trees around the perimeter of the garden, as well as honey locust and sassafras trees, which she and her landscaping team carefully pruned over decades.. 1533before 1588) A Young Daughter of the Picts, ca. That funny, sharp-eyedand boldobservation was what won over the wary Bunny, and before long she agreed to help Jackie with her Georgetown house, with the White House Rose Garden, and with the restoration of the presidential mansion itself. Mellon eventually gave Edwards more than $6 million, Young said. Even now she is making improvements. She attended Foxcroft, a northern Virginia boarding school. Jackie, on the other hand, was an outright celebrity, and she quickly gained a new kind of celebrityor notorietywhen she married Aristotle Onassis. Bunny said that Jackie was always telling me what to dolike a nanny& I didnt always listenShe would sayall your ducks are swansyou should not believe some people!, In 1995, George Trescher, New Yorks top event planner, sent a note to Bunny along with a clipping from his interview with W magazine. [2][3] Her paternal grandfather, chemist Jordan Lambert, was the inventor of Listerine, which was later marketed by her father. The estate, known as Scallop Path, includes three separate structures, including the main property, the guest house and a chimney house. During World War II, Lloyd and Mellon roomed together in London, where both worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the CIA. Raphael, Sandra, Heins, Greg, Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi, and Willis, Tony. Her friend Bette Midler performed her hit song The Rose. "[32] The funds were secretly used to support Rielle Hunter, a campaign videographer with whom Edwards had an extra-marital affair and child. You dont even have to talk. Jane Stanton Hitchcock says, "Jackie told me that she thought Bunny was a visual genius." Susan Zakin was born in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School and Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. UPPERVILLE, Va. Rachel Bunny Mellon, a wealthy arts and fashion patron, friend of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and political benefactor who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former presidential candidate John Edwards that was used to hide his mistress, died Monday. Every item on this page was chosen by a townandcountrymag editor. Little did she suspect that the money would later allegedly be used to fund Edwards increasingly tawdry exploits with his mistress, the Daily Beast said. Bunny and Jackie dined at Johnnys small clapboard house on East 92nd Street before heading to the gala, the proceeds of which would support the preservation of Newport, Rhode Islands trove of 18th- and 19th-century architecture. Mellons Oak Spring Garden Library, which houses her collection of rare books, manuscripts, works of art and other pieces relating to her hobbies, is one of the largest repositories of horticultural information and is visited by scholars worldwide. She kept her gift private from the world and so have you. Bunny and Jackie often turned to each other when they were depressed: Jackie wrote to Bunny in 1976 that she wanted to have a little boat and learn how to sail so she could anchor off Oyster Harbors. A giver of parties and designer of landscapes brimming with imagination and magic, she herself tended to the expressionless and forbidding, a society figure with an almost pathological dislike for publicity, who loved coming home from galas to water the plants at night. I don't mind being 100, I can cope with that, but not seeing is very scary." Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. [11][12] The couple bred and raced thoroughbred horses, including Sea Hero, winner of the 1993 Kentucky Derby. In it she wrote: Bunnyon your birthday. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Lisa Marie Presley was never the same after sons suicide in new home, James Cordens abandoned mansion heads a step closer to demolition, Hugh Jackman puts his dream minimalist Hamptons home up for rent, Barbara Walters daughter sold her Fla. getaway after dementia diagnosis. All Rights Reserved. A key issue: did Edwards solicit the money to salvage his presidential campaign, or was this an attempt to prevent is cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, from learning of the romance? Through it all, she remains an enthusiastic defender of the former North Carolina senator. She was 103 years old. Mellon believed a ladys name should only appear in the newspaper three times: for her debut, her marriage and her obituary, Huffman said. I agreed but said, But she had to dress for Peoria. Wendy, who knew Jackie well, shot back, She didnt know there was a Peoria.. Rachel Lowe Lambert, nicknamed Bunny by her mother, was the eldest child of Gerard Barnes Lambert, president of the Gillette Safety Razor Company and a founder of WarnerLambert, and his wife, Rachel Parkhill Lowe. She was born into a well-to-do Princeton family. This could have made for a grim existence. Mac Griswold says, "I think her view is that he's a cute guy and he's allowed to fool around if he likes. He warned her that she should shun celebrity and stick to becoming a myth. Paul Mellon once told The Washington Post, "The thing I envy about Bunny is that from the age of 5 or 6, her whole life has been occupied by horticulture, by one consuming thing." The home was later restored in the 1970s and modernized. "She called and invited me to lunch.". [17] Mellon amassed a large collection of horticultural books and was regarded as an authority on American horticulture. Eliza spent the remaining eight years of her life under round-the-clock care at Oak Spring Farms, and died in 2008. Mac Griswold's new book I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise offers rare insight into one of history's most compelling pairings. Forever blonde, tall, and slender, she greets visitors in cotton shirts or cashmere twin sets, accented with pearls and Schlumberger bracelets. (The Kennedy biographer Sally Bedell Smith quotes Jackie as saying to Ted Kennedys wife, Joan, All Kennedy men are like that . In 2004 in the opening essay for the Metropolitan Museums exhibition Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., who was Jackies friend and ally, wrote that underneath a veil of lovely inconsequence she developed a cool assessment of people and an ironical slant on life. Lloyd, her grandson, says, "I don't think there's ever going to be a moment for her to sit back and reflect. [4][23] Her main residence, Oak Spring Farms, was a 4,000-acre (1,600ha) estate in Virginia, that had its own 1-mile (1,600m) long airstrip to accommodate her Falcon 2000. "It's hard being 100 and blind. She had endured worse, including the 2008 death of her daughter Eliza, who had been left quadriplegic when hit by a car years earlier. "I have lived for 99 years and I've never been interviewed by the FBI before!". Her days of pruning in the garden are over, but she still swims and does Pilates. She had been raised in a family that believed a woman should not advertise herself, and yet its clear that she wanted some sort of recognition for the importance of her work, especially for the Rose Garden. Huffman, who introduced Mellon to Edwards, said the former presidential candidate reminded her of John Kennedy. "I wish I could have 10 minutes in a room with John Edwards to explain that he's doing nothing but tarnish her legacy and really taking advantage of her," says Thomas Lloyd, her grandson, who testified before the grand jury. "I may not be here a year from now," she tells me. Her appetite for prestige, although ever discreet, only increased with her second marriage, to Mellon, in 1948. "He and I were great friends. Copyright 2022 by Mac Griswold. The last standing true American aristocrat.. She was 103. I remember my earliest summer memories swimming off the dock of the house. From left: AP (2); Jonathan Torgovnik / Getty Images for Newsweek, Gutting IRS Will Help Wealthy Avoid More Taxes | Opinion, Eliminating Income Tax Means More Money for Americans | Opinion. That was the best part. Courtesy Oak Spring Garden Library. [27], Mellon's second husband, Paul Mellon, died in 1999, aged 91. [10] In 2004, she expressed interest in presidential candidate John Edwards because he reminded her of President Kennedy, but when she called his campaign office with an offer to help, her name was not recognized and the call went unreturned. She goes over daily to inquire about construction, a woman caught between present and past. [4][30]:158, At the request of campaign operative Andrew Young, the commitment morphed to include underwriting Edwards' personal expenses. You cant let it get to you, because you shouldnt take it personally.), Bunny, 19 years older than Jackie, could take on the role of teacher and exemplar at one moment and then shift to become the cozy, sympathetic friend to whom Jackie poured out her heart. A family thats been in the area for a couple of generations purchased the property. Their particular combination of money (Bunnys) and fame (Jackies) made them formidable. These resources reveal how many of her designs were derived from fairy tales. Jackie August 9, 1979. ", Mellon and her late husband Paul recommended Starr to friends, and she is mortified that they have suffered, saying, "The worse thing is the people he stole money from." Mellon comes across as a woman with her faculties fully intact. Huffman introduced Mellon to John Edwards in 2006. Her rarefied style sometimes reached a point where the real people in her life, such as her children, seemed to become doll-like figures for her to mold and shape. "I don't think she's been gullible." They had two children: Stacy Barcroft Lloyd III, and Eliza Winn Lloyd. The guest list entailed flying in many of the D.C. and New York regulars who had danced at Elizas coming-out party; the band played foxtrots from the Great American Songbook before moving on to rock and roll; and the food was deliciousstriped bass, lamb, string beans, salad, peaches. Im not sadnot really . Jackie took it all inthe relaxed style, the magnificent art, and the stale candies in the antique jarsas she told Bunny in a phone call the next day. She had not given an extended interview in more than a quarter century. Mellon has not been accused of wrongdoing (she even paid gift taxes), but Edwards was indicted in June for violating campaign-finance laws. [31] During this period Mellon wrote a note to Young stating: "from now on, all haircuts, etc. [14], Mellon was a long-time Democrat whose political views often conflicted with those of her husband. In 2010, it was reported that Mellon had lost $5.75 million to investment adviser and convicted Ponzi scheme operator Kenneth I. . While .css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Bunny was coming to grips with the changes in her marriage, she met the woman who would become her best friend, Jackie Kennedy, wife of the dashing junior senator from Massachusetts. When Mellon became aware of the use of her funds for this purpose, she reportedly came to regret the donations, but maintained that Edwards "would have been a great president. [10] In a 1969 New York Times article with the Mellons, she proclaimed that "nothing should be noticed. "I think it's awful." Her close friendship with Bunny would give her the privacy, affection, and depth of understanding to help bear the weight of that armor. One of the works, No. This story has been shared 107,512 times. She didnt think it trivialized Averyand if it did, that didnt matter, as it was hers. Outspoken: Bunny Mellon (left) is seen here with her stepdaughter Eliza Lloyd in 1964. In a 2010 interview, she spoke of having purchased a total of thirteen works by Rothko. "We have no idea at the moment what exposure she has to this," said lawyer Alexander Forger, who represents Mellon's family office, Oak Spring Farms. For Jackie, too, white was the most ceremonial color; her strapless inaugural ball gown was white, with a small white ribbon cockade at the waisthomage to the France she loved. He gave her a life of infinite luxuryThe Washington Post once pronounced Bunny the "Most Envied Hostess in the Country Today"but at a cost. She laughs, saying, "Oh, you're bad. [10][24] The painting measured 10 by 15 feet. She's going to do what she wants, and that's the way it's going to be.". The historian William Seale, a longtime observer of Executive Mansion occupants in his post at the White House Historical Association, remarked, Jackie didnt have money. This story has been shared 209,091 times. [18][10][19], In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Mellon to redesign the White House Rose Garden. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, sat beside Mrs. Mellon during the funeral. Through it all, she never sought publicity. [10][17] A longtime friendship with the Kennedy family was initiated by a 1958 visit to Oak Spring Farms by Jacqueline Kennedy, whom Mellon later advised on fine arts and antiques during the Kennedy White House restoration. If true, its also possible to look at it as just one more example of both Bunnys fierce determination to finish a thing, to make it perfect, and her determination to go the distance for her friend. Forger, then at the white- shoe law firm of Milbank, Tweed, eventually worked exclusively for Bunny, who set up an elegant office for him and his staff on West 57th Street in New York City. Mrs. Mellon had exquisite taste, and what Jackie admired most of all was the way she taught other people.". On Halloween in 1961 the Wildenstein & Co. Manhattan gallery opened a charity exhibition of Schlumbergers jewels, which included some of Bunnys pieces. And what a past it was. (Italian, 1667 1720) A quince, an apple, two lemons, and three blue and white cups], ca. She was not looking for an ambassadorial appointment, Huffman said. Shes not sitting around in velvet covered gold chairs. Thanks for contacting us. Mellon's family and her longtime personal attorney said she died of natural causes at her beloved 4,000-acre Oak Spring Farms in Virginia's horse country, where she Copyright 2009-2018, New York Public Radio. During Camelot, Mellon was ever-present at the White House, quietly underwriting Jackie's extravagant entertaining. Sometimes Jackie became Bunnys advisor. Jackie Kennedy and Bunny Mellon in Paris together in the 1960s. ", Another friend was Bryan Huffman, a 47-year-old North Carolina decorator who got to know Mellon after visiting a church she helped design and underwrite. She is famously camera-shy and keeps a residence in the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South and an estate in Upperville Virginia, where she reportedly became fond of then-first-time presidential candidate John Edwards in 2006. Jackie and Bunny sometimes looked for happiness together on real estate adventures, finding the escape they dreamed of. In her patrician voice she adds, "I'll have to put my trust in you and God. I know the coats history, so much larger than onewomans, and I can give it a proper send-off. Eliza predeceased her mother. According to the criminal complaint, Starr siphoned at least $5.75 million from Oak Spring Farms LLC to his own personal account to pay for a $7.5 million Upper East Side apartment between April 13 - April 16. Bunny tolerated his paramours, even inviting one mistress to join them at their Antigua estate. . and the Environmental Movement, is required reading at a number of universities. One day these gems may turn up, but my take is that the fantastical yet practical Bunny might just as likely have given Jackie a solid gold Schlumberger box of real paints. The Mellons gave Jackie a birthday party in 1966, three years after the assassination, at their home in Oyster Harbors. Thats the story. As her lawyer Alex Forger puts it, "She's well off, but her assets are not liquid. Bunny told me that a Black voter just leaving the polls handed her his pen and said with a wink, Here, missus, use this. This was Bunnys adult baptism into the importance of her vote. With only a high school education, she frequently had to play catch-up in the sophisticated circles in which she moved, often cultivating powerful men to achieve her goals. At debutante balls, fundraisers, and art openings, Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise shows how Mellon became a tastemaker. [22], She maintained homes in Antigua, Nantucket and Oyster Harbors, Cape Cod, two apartments in Paris, and a townhouse in New York City. After JFKs death and the subsequent assassination of Robert Kennedy, Jackie needed protection beyond what the Secret Service could provide for her and her young children, and she also needed a well-financed husband to support her in style. But so great a talent could not remain forever hidden and neither will yours. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Travel + Leisure. Jackie found a parent who suited her better than her own mother, the socialite Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss, while Bunny gained a daughter very different from Eliza. She lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Breaking New Ground in Womens Paths to Fulfillment: A Conversation with Ruthellen Josselson. In October 1946, as the Mellons were riding home together after fox hunting, Paul's wife, Mary, suffered a severe asthma attack, dying hours later. The two women often celebrated their summer birthdays together. B. Jackie Kennedy excitedly attends the Princeton Librarys 1989 opening of. Bunny opined that ones bed was important, because it held so many thoughts. Jackie agreed, saying, It is a celebration, a bed, and then Bunny decided they should design one for her. According to the indictment, Huffman signed over the checks to Young. . She and Paul Mellon supported many philanthropic endeavors, but were also known to indulge. Just one week prior to his indictment, in late May 2011, Edwards visited Mellon at her Upperville estate. Bunny went on to sketch her friend as one who had a mischievous side& twinkle in her eye . Bunny was a society figure with an almost pathological dislike for publicity, a trait she shared with her husband. All-Star and perfect game pitcher dead at 62 UPPERVILLE, Va. Rachel Bunny Mellon, a wealthy arts and fashion patron, friend of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Only Bunny could have thought of the perfect finale: as dinner finished, Jackies beloved White House chef, Ren Verdon, who had been secretly flown up to cook the birthday feast, appeared like a rabbit pulled out of a hat. that & her sense of humor.. Thats the antithesis of what her style would be, he said. The estate formerly belonged to Mellons grandsonThomas Lloyd, who made the decision to sell the home. Her grandfather, Jordan W. Lambert, created Listerine. Letitia Baldrige, Jackie's White House social secretary, recalls, "They were very close. She liked what he said about the Two Americas,' Huffman said. "It was just terrible because I trusted him, and we're in sort of a hole because of that, and it hasn't been returned," admits Mellon, who is in danger of losing another $6 million in investments made by Starr that are now underwater. [14] In December 2010, four of her relatives were subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury.[33]. She quickly divorced her husband, and in May 1948 she and Mellon wed. Until recently the philanthropist, whose net worth exceeds $400 million, was primarily known as a passionate gardener and discreet woman with a discerning eye. Shes a remarkable person, said her friend, interior designer Bryan Huffman of North Carolina. Mellon, who passed away in 2014 at 103, was famously known for her significantly designed gardens, including her most heralded 1962 creation of the White You are a poet like Emily Dickinson in your gardens, in your houses, in the way you see nature and all of life. "She is just shocked.". In turn, after 1979, when Jackie bought Red Gate Farm on over three hundred acres on Marthas Vineyard, Bunny cleaned up and edited the straggling old farm-scape without overmanaging it and guided Jackie to the well-known architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, who designed a plain, cedar-shingled Cape Cod house. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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She had been an admirer from afar, buying an ad in her local newspaper three years earlier trumpeting Edwards's candidacy. The doyenne of high society is the widow of Paul Mellon, a billionaire art patron and racehorse breeder. Mellon also was known for her exquisite taste both in fashion and in decorating. "That's why I want to do this story now," I reply. Style included a great deal more than the cut of clothing or a period of interior decoration. "I'm going along on very weak wheels." UPDATE: Netscape billionaire Jim Clark and his Australian model wife Kristy Hinze have bought Bunny Mellons New York townhouse for $37 million Curbed has the goss. Tales straight out of A Thousand and One Nights, some true, some apocryphal, gathered around the pair and their friendship. 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