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Tatiana Schlossberg, Journalist and Kennedy Granddaughter, Dies at 35 of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

She had recently disclosed the illness in a New Yorker essay.

Overview

  • Her family announced the death on December 30 in a message relayed via the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s social media accounts.
  • She died of acute myeloid leukemia, a rapidly progressing blood and bone marrow cancer, which she revealed had been diagnosed in May 2024 shortly after the birth of her second child.
  • A climate and environmental reporter, she wrote for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Vanity Fair, and authored a book on consumers’ hidden environmental impacts.
  • In her November essay, she described a rare mutation in her disease and criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine skepticism and cuts to medical research.
  • She was the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, married to physician George Moran, and the mother of two young children, as her brother Jack recently announced a run for the U.S. House.