Tatiana Schlossberg, Granddaughter of JFK, Passes Away at 35
Tatiana Schlossberg, Granddaughter of Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Dies at 35
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, has passed away at the age of 35. Her family announced her death in a message posted on social media by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, stating: "Our beautiful Tatiana has passed away this morning. She will always remain in our hearts." In November, Schlossberg, an environmental journalist, revealed her diagnosis of aggressive cancer, stating in an essay that doctors had given her less than a year to live.
Schlossberg was the daughter of designer Edwin Schlossberg and diplomat Caroline Kennedy. She is survived by her husband, George Moran, and two children, Edwin, aged three, and Josephine, one year old. In an article published last month in The New Yorker, titled "A Fight with My Blood," Schlossberg disclosed that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May 2024, following the birth of her second child. "My first thought was that my children, whose faces live permanently on the inside of my eyelids, wouldn't remember me," she wrote.
She outlined the treatments she underwent, including chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, but mentioned that doctors did not provide her with a favorable prognosis. She also expressed concern over the pain her death would cause her family, which had already experienced several personal tragedies. Her grandfather, President Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963, and her uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., died in a plane crash in 1999. Her younger brother, Jack Schlossberg, is running for Congress in New York.
"Throughout my life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student, a good sister, and a good daughter, to protect my mother and never upset her," Schlossberg wrote. "Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family's life, and there is nothing I can do to stop it." In her essay, Schlossberg also voiced her disappointment regarding the appointment of her relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Another relative, Maria Shriver, journalist and former First Lady of California, paid tribute to "sweet and beloved Tatiana" as someone who "loved her life." "She created a beautiful life alongside her extraordinary husband George and her children, Eddie and Josie. She fought like a warrior. She was valiant, strong, and brave," Shriver said on Instagram.
Before her well-known essay about her diagnosis, Schlossberg had a successful career as an environmental journalist. She authored the book "Unconscious Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know About" and covered climate-related issues and more for The New York Times. In December 2021, she reported on local experiments harnessing subway heat in London to provide warmth to homes, in an effort to combat climate change. "I believe climate change is the biggest story in the world, and it is a story about everything," she stated to NBC News in 2019. "It's about science and nature, but it's also about politics, health, and business. For me, as a journalist, it seemed like a very important story to tell."
