Overview
- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library/Foundation released the family’s statement confirming her death on Tuesday at age 35.
- She was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia with a rare mutation in May 2024, shortly after the birth of her second child.
- Her treatment included chemotherapy, bone marrow or stem cell transplants, immunotherapy and clinical trials, but the cancer progressed.
- In a November 2025 essay in The New Yorker, she revealed a prognosis of roughly a year and reflected on motherhood and mortality.
- Known for reporting on climate and environmental issues, she wrote for major outlets and authored the 2019 book Inconspicuous Consumption; she is survived by her husband George Moran, two young children, her parents Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, and siblings Rose and Jack.