Overview
- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced her death on Dec. 30 in a family statement that read, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning.”
- Schlossberg wrote in November that she had acute myeloid leukemia with an Inversion 3 mutation, first detected after the birth of her second child in May 2024.
- Her treatment included rounds of chemotherapy, two stem-cell or bone-marrow transplants, and participation in clinical trials, including CAR-T approaches.
- In her New Yorker essay, she described the illness as terminal and expressed concern that her young children might not remember her.
- She criticized cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now health secretary, over vaccine skepticism and research funding decisions she said could harm patients and trials, while her career included reporting for the New York Times and a 2019 environmental book; she is survived by her husband, George Moran, and two children, and the JFK Library planned a condolence book for visitors.