JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg, 32, attends sister Tatiana’s funeral after her death from cancer at 35; President Biden also present.

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NEW ROSS, IRELAND – JUNE 22: Tatiana Schlossberg, Jack Schlossberg, Rose Schlossberg, Edwin Schlossberg and Caroline Kennedy attend a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the visit by US President John F Kennedy, on June 22, 2013 in New Ross, Ireland. The Eternal Flame from Kennedy’s grave was used to light a flame on the quayside where he gave a speech in 1963. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty Images)

In 2019, she published Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have, a thoughtful exploration of how seemingly small choices accumulate into large ecological effects.

The book was widely praised for its insight, wit, and practical clarity, earning recognition within the environmental reporting community and beyond.

Tatiana’s final months were spent with remarkable courage and openness. In her New Yorker essay, she wrote about the surreal nature of facing a terminal diagnosis while caring for a newborn—an experience that blurred the line between ordinary life and extraordinary fear.

She spoke honestly about her love for her children and the heartbreak of knowing the time she could spend with them was limited. “I wasn’t sick,” she wrote of her early symptoms; “I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant…

I wasn’t sick.” Her words resonated with readers around the world, capturing both the fragility and tenacity of human life.

Photos from the funeral showed intimate moments of family members supporting one another: Caroline Kennedy holding her young granddaughter close, Jack Schlossberg visibly emotional as he walked with his father and sister, and George Moran comforting his children amid the soft winter light. Continue reading…

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