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Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK's Granddaughter, Dies at 35 After Leukemia Battle

Her New Yorker essay detailed an aggressive AML with a rare inversion 3 mutation, condemning cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cuts to mRNA research.

Overview

  • Tatiana Schlossberg's death was announced by the family via the JFK Library Foundation, which said she died Tuesday morning at age 35.
  • She publicly disclosed her illness in November, writing that doctors found acute myeloid leukemia shortly after her daughter's birth in May 2024.
  • Her treatment course included an initial stem‑cell transplant with brief remission, subsequent relapse, chemotherapy, CAR‑T therapy, a second transplant, and clinical‑trial participation.
  • In her essay she criticized Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for reducing funding for mRNA vaccine research, a technology she noted may have oncology applications.
  • She is survived by her husband, George Moran, and two young children, with coverage placing the loss within the Kennedy family's history of premature deaths.