Tatiana Schlossberg Dies at 35 After Leukemia Battle

Tatiana Schlossberg, an acclaimed environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, died on Tuesday at age 35 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia.

The news was announced by the JFK Library Foundation on behalf of her family, who shared a statement on Instagram reading, "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts." The post was signed by relatives including her husband, George Moran; parents, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg; siblings, Jack and Rose Schlossberg; and others.

Schlossberg was diagnosed with the blood cancer shortly after giving birth to her daughter in May 2024. According to her account in a personal essay published in The New Yorker in November, doctors discovered abnormal white blood cell counts during her hospital stay following the delivery. The leukemia included a rare mutation known as Inversion 3, typically seen in older patients, which complicated her prognosis. Her physician estimated she had about a year to live, even with participation in a clinical trial.

In the essay, Schlossberg detailed the grueling 18 months of treatment that followed, including a bone marrow transplant,...