Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, has died from leukemia. She revealed her terminal diagnosis and criticized cousin RFK Jr.'s policies in a powerful New Yorker essay.
Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, an acclaimed environmental journalist and one of President John F. Kennedy's three grandchildren, has passed away after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Diagnosed in May 2024 while giving birth to her second child, Schlossberg bravely shared her terminal condition in a November 2025 New Yorker essay titled 'A Battle With My Blood.' In the essay, she detailed her arduous journey through chemotherapy, two stem cell transplants, and clinical trials, while also expressing her profound sadness and fear that her young children might not remember her. Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, was a former reporter for The New York Times' Science section and author of the award-winning 2019 book 'Inconspicuous Consumption.' Critically, her essay also included a strong rebuke of her mother's cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for policies she argued could harm cancer patients, specifically citing his cuts to mRNA vaccine research. Her passing adds another chapter to the Kennedy family's history of public tragedies, following the assassinations of her grandfather and great-uncle, and the plane crash that killed her uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr.
