Tatiana Schlossberg: JFK’s Granddaughter Loses Cancer Battle

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Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, dies after terminal cancer relapse, reviving memories of the Kennedy family’s long history of loss

By TRH World Desk

New Delhi, December 31, 2025 — JFK Library Foundation announced that Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, died of cancer. “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” the Foundation posted on Instagram.

Tatiana passed away soon after announcing that she had been suffering from terminal cancer. She had disclosed that her cancer had relapsed. She had previously been through grueling cancer treatment, including chemotherapy and bone transplant.

“A few weeks ago, Tatiana wrote so beautifully about her diagnosis and her battle with this horrendous disease,” wrote Maria Shriver, a journalist, on X, while paying tributes to her friend. She added that “Tatiana was a great journalist, and she used her words to educate others about the earth and how to save it.”

CBS News reported that “Tatiana Schlossberg was the second of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and Edwin Schlossberg’s three children. Caroline Kennedy was just 5 years old when her father, the president (JFK), was shot and killed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.”

The broadcaster also noted the grim note on JFK family’s tragic history, stating that “John F. Kennedy Jr., died in a small plane crash in 1999.” Tatiana had also alluded to the tragic past of the family in her write-up, announcing that she had been suffering from a rare leukemia.

The cancer had relapsed. Doctors last year had estimated that she had another one year left. Tatiana died soon after making the announcement of the relapse on Tuesday.

She was a journalist and an author with avid interest in environment. She wrote of her interest in exploring oceans.

“For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry,” Tatiana wrote in The New Yorker, while disclosing her ailment. She added: “Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”

Shriver in her tribute wrote: “Tatiana loved life. She loved her life, and she fought like hell to try to save it.” She’s survived with a son and a daughter, and her husband.

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