Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s Granddaughter, Dead at 35 After Cancer Battle

Tatiana Schlossberg, the beloved middle child of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, has died at the age of 35. The tragic news was shared on December 30 by the JFK Library Foundation on behalf of Tatiana’s extended family.

“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” the post read, signed by “George, Edwin and Josephine Moran, Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory.”

Schlossberg had publicly revealed her battle with acute myeloid leukemia in a heartfelt essay for The New Yorker in November 2025. She disclosed that doctors discovered the disease while she was hospitalized after giving birth to her second child, a daughter. Tatiana and her husband, George Moran, who married in 2017, also share a son.

“I did not — could not — believe that they were talking about me,” she wrote about her diagnosis, which required chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant. “I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick. I was actually one of the healthiest people I knew.”

In the essay, Schlossberg highlighted the unwavering support of her parents and siblings during her treatment. Her older sister, Rose, even donated stem cells for her first transfusion.

“My brother was a half-match, but he still asked every doctor if maybe a half-match was better, just in case,” she wrote.

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