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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was a son of 35th United States president John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Born two weeks after his father was elected president, Kennedy spent his early ...
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On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. was killed when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also on board and were killed.
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. (born November 25, 1960, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died July 16, 1999, near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts) American publisher, lawyer, and member of the prominent Kennedy political family who was the son of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline (née Bouvier) Kennedy (later Onassis).
Born less than three weeks after his father, a U.S. senator of Massachusetts, had been elected president, Kennedy was the youngest of the first family’s two children. He was the first infant to live in the White House since 1893. From his earliest years, he was the focus of media attention, known to the press and public alike by his father’s nickname for him, “John-John.” He and his elder sister Caroline were part of the Kennedy “Camelot” myth (borrowing from Arthurian legend, the notion of Camelot cast the attractive, charismatic first family and the Kennedy administration as symbols of a hopeful, idealistic new era). Photographs of John-John playing in the Oval Office as his father worked added to the public’s perception of his parents as a young, vigorous couple leading a young and optimistic country. He was a few days short of turning three years old when his father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The moment when he saluted his father’s casket during the funeral became one of the most poignant and famous images of the country’s mourning.
After the assassination Jacqueline Kennedy eventually moved with her children to New York City, where John attended a Roman Catholic elementary school. In June 1968 one of his uncles, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York, was assassinated while campaigning in California for the Democratic presidential nomination. Fears about her children’s safety led Jacqueline to enroll them in more exclusive schools. In the fall of 1968 John began attending Collegiate School in New York City. Later that year Jacqueline married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Thereafter John and Caroline began spending their summers in Greece, though safety continued to be a concern for the family. In 1972, when John was 11 years old, the Greek government arrested several individuals involved in a failed plot to kidnap him and other prominent figures. At age 16 John enrolled in the private Phillips Academy in Massachusetts.
Kennedy continued to be a focus of media attention in adulthood. His athletic pursuits, leisure activities, use of public transportation in New York, and rumored romances with famous women were frequently tracked by tabloid newspapers and magazines, which gave him titles such as “sexiest man alive” or “America’s most eligible bachelor.” Yet he was less involved in controversy than some of his Kennedy cousins, a few of whom made headlines for various arrests, tragic accidents, and scandals. He professed no public interest in entering politics, but he made a memorable political debut in 1988 at the Democratic National Convention, where he introduced his uncle Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
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In 1995 Kennedy launched George, a glossy political magazine named after the first U.S. president, George Washington. The magazine became known for its pop culture approach to politics. Many issues featured covers with celebrities dressed as Washington or other early American figures such as Betsy Ross. As editor in chief, Kennedy contributed such articles as an interview with imprisoned former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, an essay in which he described his first cousins Joseph and Michael Kennedy as “poster boys for bad behavior,” and articles on visits to Cuba on the anniversary of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a landmark event in his father’s presidency, and to an Irish Republican Army funeral in Northern Ireland during the peace process that sought to bring an end to the Troubles.
Jul 10, 2024 · John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane went down 25 years ago on July 16, 1999, killing him, as well as his two passengers, wife Carolyn, 33, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, 34. He was 38 years old.
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Arabella. Caroline. Patrick. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999) [1][2] or simply known as JFK Jr., was an American attorney, businessman, journalist, and magazine publisher. He was the son of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. [3][4]
Jul 10, 2024 · Twenty-five years ago, the United States mourned the tragic death of John F. Kennedy Jr., who died with his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, in a plane...
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Dec 27, 2018 · Known For: Attorney, journalist, and son of President John F. Kennedy. Born: Nov. 25, 1960 in Washington, D.C. Died: July 16, 1999 off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University, B.A.;
