We’re back to talking about the Kennedy curse. A title that has attracted people for generations now. Whatever tragedy strikes this large and famous family, this absurd urban legend emerges.
What is causing discussion in these hours is the Death of Tatiana Schlossbergnephew of JKF. Died at just 35 years old after years spent living with one rare form of leukemia. Faced with something like this, talking about a curse is an offense. It’s ridiculing a tragedy. Rather than talking about the 35th president of the United States, therefore, let’s explain who his granddaughter was.
Chi era Tatiana Schlossberg
It cannot be said for sure that Tatiana Schlossberg embodied the Kennedy cover stereotype. Born in Manhattan by Caroline Kennedydaughter of Jacqueline Kennedy, had not never sought the spotlight.
The big stages, in politics and beyond, did not attract him and he never fueled the mythology of the most famous democratic family in America. On the contrary, he had chosen a silent and rigorous life, dedicating himself to environmental journalism.
He talked about climate, global warming and rising seas in his articles. No family rhetoric, therefore, just constant attention to the future of the planet. She was working on what is to come, whereas many saw in her a root well anchored in the country’s past.
The disease
The news of Tatiana Schlossberg’s death was announced by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, with a message signed by the family. He had chosen to publicly talk about your illness just over a month ago. He had done so in an essay published in The New Yorker.
A powerful text, with a title A battle with my blood. She explained that she was suffering from acute myeloid leukemia, with a particularly rare mutation. A blood and bone marrow tumor, which left her with no escape.
The diagnosis came a few months after the birth of her second daughter, when a doctor noticed abnormal white blood cell values during routine checks. In her essay she described the first days precisely, with a disorientation that made it almost impossible for her to imagine we were talking about her.
A sportswoman, healthy enough to swim across the Hudson to raise funds for leukemia research. Aggressive treatment and a transplant did not save her. By October she was out of hospital, debilitated to the point where she was unable to lift her two young children.
Today she is remembered as she would have liked, in private. The only public message is that of the aforementioned John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. He will forever remain in our hearts. George, Edwin e Josephine Moran. Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose e Rory”.
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