Remembering Maurice Tempelsman: Diamond Powerbroker with Deep Ties to Namibia.
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Maurice Tempelsman, a towering figure in the global diamond industry and longtime companion of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has died in New York. We spoke to Founding NamDia CEO Kennedy Hamutenya on Tempelsman’s complex legacy from advising Namibia’s leaders before independence to shaping the nation’s diamond policies and cutting industry.