Caroline Kennedy has publicly honoured her youngest daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, for the first time since her death in December at age 35. Tatiana, the granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, died after revealing a terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay.
Delivering a speech at the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony in Boston, Caroline, 68, welcomed attendees including Tatiana's in-laws, Garrett and Mary Moran. Her voice wavering, she said: 'Most of all, we remember Tatiana, who served on the board of this library, and represented everything my parents stood for in her beautiful, amazing and too-short life.' The audience responded with extended applause as Caroline mouthed 'thank you.'
Tatiana, the middle child of Caroline and Edwin Schlossberg, died on December 30. In her New Yorker essay titled 'A Battle with My Blood,' she disclosed a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. The JFK Library Foundation announced her death, stating: 'Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.'
Tatiana is survived by her husband, George Moran, their three-year-old son Edwin, and one-year-old daughter Josephine, as well as her parents, brother Jack Schlossberg, 33, and sister Rose Schlossberg, 37. In May, Jack spoke of his grief, telling Vanity Fair: 'The world will never be the same for me... She was my best friend.' He added that her death motivates him to 'make the most out of my precious life and give back to others.'
