Jack Schlossberg is talking out for the primary time following the heartbreaking dying of his sister, Tatiana Schlossberg.
On Monday, January 5, the 32-year-old son of former U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy shared a tribute to Tatiana on Instagram. The submit featured a mixture of inspirational quotes, together with phrases from Tatiana herself:
“Primarily, what I’m describing is tough work with presumably restricted success for the remainder of your life. However we have now to do it, and no less than we may have the satisfaction of figuring out we made issues higher.”
Jack additionally shared quotes from their grandfather, former president John F. Kennedy, in addition to literary and philosophical figures like Herman Melville, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Buddha, Abraham Lincoln and Robert Frost. The ultimate slide within the submit was a touching throwback picture of the siblings collectively.
Information of Tatiana’s passing broke on the finish of December 2025. She was 35 years outdated. The JFK Library Basis shared the information on Instagram on December 30, saying, “Our lovely Tatiana handed away this morning. She is going to at all times be in our hearts.” The assertion was signed by Tatiana’s husband George Moran, their kids Edwin, 3, and Josephine, 19, in addition to her mother and father Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, and her siblings Jack and Rose Schlossberg.
Tatiana had publicly revealed her most cancers prognosis only a month prior. In an essay for The New Yorker, she disclosed she was battling acute myeloid leukemia and had been given a yr to dwell. “I didn’t — couldn’t — imagine that they have been speaking about me. I had swum a mile within the pool the day earlier than, 9 months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t really feel sick. I used to be really one of many healthiest folks I knew,” she wrote, reflecting on the shock of her prognosis and the new child she was caring for alongside her son.
Her essay highlighted the unwavering assist of her household, together with her siblings. “[My family has] held my hand unflinchingly whereas I’ve suffered, making an attempt to not present their ache and disappointment as a way to shield me from it. This has been a terrific present, regardless that I really feel their ache daily,” she wrote. She additionally revealed that her sister Rose donated stem cells, whereas Jack was a half-match and “nonetheless requested each physician if perhaps a half-match was higher, simply in case.”
Following her dying, the Kennedy household shared heartfelt tributes. “I can’t make sense of this. I can’t make any sense of it in any respect. None. Zero,” wrote Tatiana’s cousin Maria Shriver on Instagram. “Tatiana was a terrific journalist, and he or she used her phrases to coach others concerning the earth and the way to put it aside. She created a gorgeous life together with her extraordinary husband George, and kids Eddie and Josie. She fought like a warrior. She was valiant, robust [and] brave.”
Earlier on Monday, the household held a personal funeral at The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York Metropolis. Alongside the service, the JFK Library Basis shared a never-before-seen picture of Tatiana together with her family members, captioned, “As we bear in mind Tatiana and rejoice her life, our hearts are together with her household and all who cherished her.”
A Yale and Oxford graduate, Tatiana was deeply related to her household legacy and targeted on making a significant affect as an environmental journalist. In her essay, she mirrored on her life, writing, “For my entire life, I’ve tried to be good, to be an excellent pupil and an excellent sister and an excellent daughter, and to guard my mom and by no means make her upset or offended…Now I’ve added a brand new tragedy to her life, to our household’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to cease it.”
Even in her ultimate months, Tatiana cherished her household. “George would go house to place our youngsters to mattress and are available again to convey me dinner. I do know that not everybody may be married to a health care provider, however, should you can, it’s an excellent thought. He’s excellent, and I really feel so cheated and so unhappy that I don’t get to maintain dwelling the great life I had with this type, humorous, good-looking genius I managed to seek out,” she wrote.
