Caroline Kennedy Breaks Silence Following Daughter’s Death

Brian SnyderCaroline Kennedy has broken her silence on the death of her daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, who lost her battle with cancer in December. Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, honored her daughter’s life in a speech at the annual J.F.K. Profile in Courage Award ceremony on Sunday. The ceremony is held each year at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts. The recipient of the Profile in Courage Award is recognized for their courage and selfless dedication to public service. This year’s recipient was Jerome Powell, who received the award on behalf of his commitment to the independence of the Federal Reserve. In her opening speech, Kennedy paid homage to her late daughter, Tatiana, who died at age 35. “Most of all, we remember Tatiana, who served on the board of this library and represented everything my parents stood for in her beautiful, amazing and too-short life,” Kennedy said. Tatiana was an environmental journalist before she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May 2024, shortly after the birth of her second child. In an emotional testimony of her life and illness published in The New Yorker, Schlossberg brought attention to the controversial policies of her cousin and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. RFK Jr. has been criticized for his cuts to healthcare budgets and denouncement of vaccinations, along with other related policies. Tatiana used her platform in the final months of her life to draw attention to how these policies related to her terminal disease and the struggles of other Americans.Read it at People MagazineRead more at The Daily Beast.