JFK Jr.'s Final Flight | Mayday Air Disaster

With so much attention on Ryan Murphy’s new series about JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, the interview I did with John F. Kennedy Jr. in May of 1999 (the last television interview he did before he, Carolyn, and her sister Lauren died) is being rewatched, or watched for the first time, by so many people. I wrote about what it’s been like witnessing a new generation be introduced to this mesmerizing couple and how tragic their deaths were for all of us. You can read the piece on my Substack or at th

Circa 1994 in Manhattan’s Tribeca and SoHo, John F. Kennedy Jr. quietly courted Calvin Klein publicist Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, dodging paparazzi lenses that trailed them from Balthazar to Washington Square; their secret September 21, 1996 ceremony at the First African Baptist Church on Cumberland Island stunned even insiders at George magazine, while sister Caroline Kennedy guarded family privacy until tragedy struck near Martha’s Vineyard, July 16, 1999. #jfkjr #carolynbessettekennedy #americ