Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and a writer, died after battling acute myeloid leukemia (blood cancer). She was 35 years old.
On the 30th (local time), U.S. outlet Page Six reported that Schlossberg, the second daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, died that day after battling acute myeloid leukemia, her family said.
Schriver, Tatiana's fifth cousin once removed, said she could not understand that Schlossberg died at the young age of just 35.
He said, "Today I once again stand here to honor my dear Tatiana. She passed away today," and "I also want to pay tribute to the family who loved and supported her. They came together as one and did everything they could to help her."
He added, "I returned to this space with a heart-wrenching sorrow over the fact that Tatiana loved life," and "She loved her life and fought desperately to preserve it."
Schriver said he will forever hold Tatiana's memory through her two children with her husband George Moroun: a three-year-old son, Eddie, and a one-year-old daughter, Josie.
Tatiana revealed in an essay she contributed to The New Yorker last November that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
She said doctors discovered her illness only after she gave birth to her daughter in May last year, and that she had no clear symptoms before then. Doctors told Tatiana she had only a year to live.
Meanwhile, Tatiana's mother, Caroline, was just five days shy of her sixth birthday when her father, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. About 30 years later, Caroline lost her only surviving brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., in a tragic plane crash.
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