John F. Kennedy Family

Tatiana Schlossberg, a 35-year-old environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, died after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia first diagnosed in May 2024 when elevated white blood cell counts were detected following the birth of her second child; she underwent rounds of chemotherapy, two stem cell transplants and clinical trials. A former New York Times climate and environment reporter whose 2019 book Inconspicuous Consumption won the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, she wrote a November 2025 New Yorker essay criticizing policies pushed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reflected on fearing her young children would not remember her and the new tragedy added to her family’s history, and her mother Caroline Kennedy urged senators to reject his confirmation.