- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.
- Nicknames
- JFK Jr.
- John-John
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. was born on November 25, 1960, in Washington, DC, to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President-to-be John F. Kennedy) and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy (Jacqueline Kennedy). Three weeks before his birth, his father was elected President of the United States, and the nation loved little John. The press dubbed him "John-John", but his family called him John. Even as a toddler, he loved to fly. On his third birthday, his father was buried, and he was photographed giving his father's casket a salute in a photo and video seen around the world. About a month later, they moved out of the White House and into a 15-room apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City. He went to private schools. When he was six, his uncle Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated while running for president. He had been a father figure to John and his sister, Caroline Kennedy, a fact that Ethel Kennedy -- who had nine children with RFK -- did not like. That same year, Jackie married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Socrates (Ari) Onasis (Aristotle Onassis). He virtually played no part in John's life because John hardly saw him. Ari died in 1975. John went on to high school and then decided to go to Brown University in Rhode Island. He graduated and, after his mother said no to his becoming an actor, went to law school and became an assistant District Attorney. In 1994, Jackie died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In 1996, John married Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy on an island off Georgia. She was very shy, and that did not bode well because they were constantly being photographed. On July 16th, 1999, Carolyn and her sister Lauren, with John as pilot, took off in his plane for Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, to drop Lauren off, with John and Carolyn continuing onward to the Kennedy Compound for the wedding of his cousin Rory Kennedy (Robert's youngest daughter, born after RFK's death). It was foggy, and several miles off Martha's Vineyard, the plane crashed, killing all three of them. The bodies of the women were found near the wreckage, but John's body was found in the pilot's seat.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Charlie & MO840
- SpouseCarolyn Bessette-Kennedy(September 21, 1996 - July 16, 1999) (his death)
- Parents
- RelativesMaria Shriver(Cousin)Robert Shriver(Cousin)Rory Kennedy(Cousin)Patrick Joseph Kennedy II(Cousin)Kerry Kennedy(Cousin)Anthony Radziwill(Cousin)Tina Radziwill(Cousin)Christopher Lawford(Cousin)Tim Shriver(Cousin)Mark Shriver(Cousin)Anthony Shriver(Cousin)Caroline Kennedy(Sibling)Joseph P. Kennedy(Grandparent)Rose Kennedy(Grandparent)Rose Schlossberg(Niece or Nephew)Tatiana Schlossberg(Niece or Nephew)Jack Schlossberg(Niece or Nephew)John Francis Fitzgerald(Great Grandparent)Jean Kennedy Smith(Aunt or Uncle)Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.(Aunt or Uncle)Rosemary Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Eunice Kennedy Shriver(Aunt or Uncle)Sargent Shriver(Aunt or Uncle)Ted Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Robert F. Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Patricia Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Victoria Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Stephen Smith(Aunt or Uncle)
- Learned to speak Greek in the years following his mother's marriage to Aristotle Onassis.
- Considered America's most eligible bachelor until his marriage.
- Before he died, Al Gore was allegedly considering him to be his running mate, even though he had no previous political experience.
- When his photo appeared on the cover of Time magazine after his untimely death, the Commemorative Issue sold more than 1 million copies at the newsstands. (see also Princess Diana).
- Had a pilot's license.
- It's hard for me to talk about a legacy or a mystique. It's my family. It's my mother. It's my sister. It's my father. We're a family like any other. We look out for one another. The fact that there have been difficulties and hardships, or obstacles, makes us closer. --Vogue magazine, 1993
- [when asked what he thought about being voted 'Sexiest Man Alive 1988' by People Magazine] People could say a lot worse things about you than you're really attractive and you look good in a bathing suit.
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