JFK Jr through the eyes of those who knew him best

The night before he was killed, John Kennedy Jr told a friend of his plans for a career in politics. (Image: Getty)

Sat, 20 Jul 2024

By Allison StewartInto the ruthless world of Kennedy family biographies enters JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, co-written by RoseMarie Terenzio – John Kennedy Jr’s executive assistant and a close confidante of his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy – and People magazine editor-at-large Liz McNeil.JFK Jr. is timed for the 25th anniversary of the still-unthinkable deaths of the couple in the crash of a plane piloted by Kennedy on a foggy night off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on July 16, 1999. Besse...

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