New York – The grandson of the 35th US President may not live to see his 36th birthday. Tatiana Schlossberg, descendant of John F. Kennedy (†46), who was assassinated in 1963, suffered from terminal cancer at the age of 35.
“When you’re dying, at least in my limited experience, you start to remember everything,” begins the environmental journalist and author in a moving essay about his own, perhaps very short, future. “New Yorkerpublished the post on Saturday.
Tatiana Schlossberg is a successful environmental journalist and author
Cancer diagnosis soon after the birth of her daughter
In May 2024, Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy (67) and designer Edwin Schlossberg (80), was diagnosed with “myeloid leukemia with a rare mutation called inversion 3”. Doctors discovered the deadly cancer just hours after the birth of Schlossberg’s second child, a daughter: “I couldn’t — didn’t want to — believe that they were talking about me,” wrote Tatiana Schlossberg. And further: “I’m not sick. I don’t feel sick. In fact, I’m one of the healthiest people I know.”
John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, mother Tatiana Schlossberg, and wife Jackie
A merciless battle against death ensues. The first stem cell transplant was urgent Cancer go back first. But he came back. Tatiana Schlossberg underwent several chemotherapy treatments, immunotherapy, and finally a second stem cell transplant. He took part in clinical trials.
“During the last clinical trial, my doctor told me he could probably keep me alive for another year.” That happened in January. Almost eleven months later, cancer had attacked the woman who was once very beautiful and had long hair. For “The New Yorker,” that is Kennedy-Photo of granddaughter with short hair and caring face. Tatiana Schlossberg will be 36 years old in May 2025 – if the doctors are wrong.
John F. Kennedy was shot in the back seat of a convertible in Dallas in 1963
Continuation of the Kennedy curse
In the post, the terminally ill woman also discussed the so-called “Kennedy Curse”: “I have now added a new tragedy to our family’s life and there is nothing I can do to stop it.” Many family members died in murders, accidents, or other bad luck. Tatiana’s brother, Jack Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg (32), who recently announced his candidacy in the elections to the US House of Representatives, shared his sister’s essay on his Instagram story and wrote: “Life is short, let it be.”
Like his grandfather John F. Kennedy, Jack Schlossberg is a Democratic Party politician in the US
