Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, has died at the age of only 35, just one month after she revealed she was suffering from terminal cancer.
International news agencies reported that Ms. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, passed away at 35, only a month after she disclosed that she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had little time left to live.
On Tuesday, 30 Dec 2025 GMT+7, Schlossberg's family announced her death through a social media post shared by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, stating, "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will remain forever in our hearts."
Last November, Schlossberg, an environmental journalist, announced she had been diagnosed with a severe form of cancer. In her article, she stated she expected to live less than a year.
Schlossberg was the daughter of renowned designer Edwin Schlossberg and diplomat Caroline Kennedy, a former U.S. ambassador.
In an article published last month in The New Yorker titled “A Battle With My Blood,” Schlossberg revealed she was diagnosed in May 2024 with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) shortly after giving birth to her second child.
"My first thought was that my children—their faces constantly in my mind—would not remember me," she wrote in the article, describing her treatments, including chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, while acknowledging the doctors’ grim prognosis.
She also wrote about the pain and worry that her passing would impact her family, a family that has endured multiple tragedies, including her grandfather, President Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1964, and her uncle John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in a plane crash in 1999.
Meanwhile, her brother Jack Schlossberg is currently running for a seat in the New York State Assembly.
"Throughout my life, I have tried to be a good person, a good student, a good sister, and a good daughter to protect my mother and never to cause her sorrow or anger," Schlossberg wrote.
"But now, I have become the bearer of new tragedy in her life and in the life of our family, and I can do nothing to stop it."
In her essay, Schlossberg also expressed disappointment over the appointment of her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Before her widely shared article about her diagnosis, Schlossberg had earned a reputation as a successful environmental journalist.
She authored the book “Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have” and wrote articles on climate and other issues for The New York Times.
In December 2021, she reported on a local experiment using energy from the London Underground to heat buildings, part of efforts to combat climate change.
"I think climate change is the biggest issue in the world, and it relates to everything," she told NBC News in 2019. "It’s about science and nature, but also politics, health, and business. For me as a journalist, it seems like a very important story to tell."
She added, "And if I can help communicate this, it might inspire others to get involved and help solve the problem."
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