Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies of rare form of leukaemia

Summary

• Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK's granddaughter and climate journalist, died on December 30 at age 35, after battling a rare form of leukaemia.
• In a November essay, Schlossberg revealed her diagnosis and criticised her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for vaccine scepticism and cutting cancer research funds.
• The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum announced her death, stating: "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts".

WASHINGTON - Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th US president, John F. Kennedy, died on Dec 30 after revealing in a November essay
that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. She was 35.

Her passing was announced by her family in a social media post from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” the family wrote.

Ms Schlossberg was a climate change and environmental journalist and the second child of JFK’s daughter, former US diplomat Caroline Kennedy, and the designer-artist Edwin Schlossberg.

In a New Yorker essay published in November, Ms Schlossberg said she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia with a rare mutation, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.

At the time, she also criticised her cousin, Mr Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, for being a vaccine sceptic and cutting funding for cancer research. REUTERS