Kennedy, Jr. Consider, if you will, a sliding scale of celebrities. On one end of this spectrum are those who are still alive, including but not limited to: Jennifer Aniston, Justin Bieber, nine-tenths of the original cast of Beverly Hills, On the other end are those who are dead, also including but not limited to: Elvis Presley, John Belushi, and arguably Tupac.
On this scientific scale, John F. Kennedy Jr. In July , the pulchritudinous son of John and Jackie Kennedy and cofounder of George magazine perished in a tragic plane crash at the age of 38, along with his wife Carolyn Bessette and his sister-in-law Lauren.
At least, this is the conventional narrative perpetuated by the fake news media, according to supporters of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon. You can buy them on Amazon. The theory that JFK Jr. The goal of the masks, according to Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer , is for believers to be able to easily identify other QAnon supporters though, frankly, this seems unlikely, as the shock of seeing a long-dead celebrity casually walking around Washington would almost certainly inspire mass fear and panic in the streets.
So what, exactly, is the basis for this theory, and where did it come from? By , John and his collaborators faced difficult choices about the future of their enterprise. Are we going to be better in a big corporation? Is it more of an independent project? Should John find funding and we do it on our own?
Kliger, however, disputes the idea that Hachette had stopped believing in George , insisting now that he was working with Kennedy in good faith to keep the magazine alive. We were working on that effectively, and then history cut us short.
Kliger says Kennedy canceled a meeting with him that had been scheduled for the afternoon of the day he died, explaining that he was going away for the weekend but that he intended to meet with Kliger in the coming week.
Hanging over John at all times was the question of what, exactly, he would do with his life—and whether he would eventually follow his father and uncles into the family business and seek elected office. After his marriage that potential path became even more fraught, as it would have required the full participation of Carolyn, who guarded her privacy closely.
Her distaste for the spotlight that came with being a Kennedy was articulated early on in their relationship. During the press conference for the launch of George , Newsday reported that Carole Radziwill had been mistaken by a reporter for Carolyn.
In , Carolyn Bessette Kennedy was facing her own professional crossroads. When she and John had begun dating, two years before their wedding , she was working for Calvin Klein. Though she is frequently described as a golden girl from Greenwich, Connecticut, she was scrappier than that reputation implies. Her parents had divorced when she was very young, and Carolyn and her twin sisters, Lisa and Lauren, had been raised by their mother Ann Freeman, an educator, and her stepfather Richard Freeman, a surgeon.
Carolyn attended Boston University, where she had supported herself with part-time jobs. She had risen from a retail job at the Calvin Klein boutique in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to a rarefied role in the company. But she was one of those people who stood out at Calvin just as a force. He recalls bumping into her often at restaurants like Il Cantinori, where she would dine discreetly with friends like designer Narciso Rodriguez. I think Calvin just worshiped her as far as the style.
By the time Carolyn married John, she was no longer working for Calvin Klein, and the frenzy that followed her everywhere made it difficult to imagine her ever working in a traditional office again. The paparazzi were merciless in their pursuit of her, staking out the Tribeca apartment and following her through the streets of the neighborhood so doggedly that she feared for her safety. While John had been born into the public domain and raised to accept with grace the fact that the nation felt an ownership of him, Carolyn went from private citizen to world famous celebrity virtually overnight, a notoriety she did everything she could to play down.
She never granted a single interview, and we have almost no examples of her talking on camera. The truth, according to her friends, was far different. I found her very down to earth, very funny, very supportive of her friends, very caring.
Berman and other George staff members say Carolyn treated them like family, visiting the office and frequently hosting them at home. They followed her lead and never spoke to the media about her. She could be highbrow and low-down. When you talked to Carolyn it was all about you, and all about life. In his remarks, South also said that Carolyn had a professional dream of creating documentaries that would focus on people facing challenges, working out of a small office in Tribeca.
Work was reportedly not the only thing troubling her. Several books and articles published since their deaths have claimed that John and Carolyn were in a difficult patch in their marriage; there were claims that both had been unfaithful. It was not a lack of love. One source of conflict may have been the question of whether to have children.
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This Day In History. History Vault. World War II. Space Exploration. US Government. Sign Up. Art, Literature, and Film History. More evidence came in the form of an unverified quote from Kennedy published in his George magazine just one month before his death. The two were friends, and the photo of them together used in the post was real, from a New York Knicks game in March , three months before the June issue the quote claimed to be from.
Trying to deflect the presidential chatter, Kennedy noted that the Trump estate was far more glamorous than a Kennedy family compound a few miles away. Their bodies were found five days later. The latest tragedy to befall a family apparently haunted by misfortune made headlines around the world. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later?
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