The Kennedy family is one that has seen its fair share of fame, but also more than its fair share of tragedy. Of course, there’s JFK’s assassination, and just beyond that, there’s RFK’s assassination. It doesn’t end there, though; JFK’s son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., died in a plane crash in 1999 when he was only 38.
His death was a huge tragedy, and for all the public mourned, there was also a far more personal side to all of this. After all, Rose, Tatiana, and Jack Schlossberg were all really close with their uncle. He doted on them as much as their parents did, playing with them, taking them hiking and sailing, and going on weekend getaways with them. So, of course, his sudden death wasn’t an easy thing for any of them. An unspecified member of the family told biographer C. David Heymann (via the New York Post), “Rose withdrew after John’s death … He’d been like a father to her.” By all accounts, it seems like those ensuing months were really difficult.
The bond between the siblings and their uncle was only further reinforced when it came to the reading of JFK Jr.’s will. Of course, there were the financial and legal matters — funds donated to nonprofits, estate executors, and the like. But there was only one instance of a specific item being mentioned in the will: “a scrimshaw set previously owned by my father,” which he left to his beloved nephew, Jack (via C. David Heymann’s “American Legacy”).
