John F. Kennedy Jr. lived a complicated life.
As an adult,he dated multiple famous womenand established a reputation of his own.
But living in the spotlight wasn’t easy.
He left a field he was passionate about to pursue something his mother felt more fitting.
John Jr. even went to great lengths to disguise himself just to escape the paparazzi.
Anyone who envied the Kennedy heir didn’t know just how difficult his life was to navigate.
Despite all this, Jackie Kennedy did her best to give her son a regular upbringing.
But she really wanted it to be just normal."
Tragically, only he and one other Caroline Kennedy lived past 2 days of age.
Jackie’s first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and her second bore a stillborn.
The first lady gave birth to Caroline in November 1957 and John Jr. almost exactly three years later.
Then, in August 1963, Jackie delivered Patrick Kennedy, who wasborn with respiratory distress syndrome.
Sadly, Patrick died 39 hours after his birth.
His father, John F. Kennedy, was able to meet him, but his siblings were not.
Today, this condition is no longer a death sentence.
He was rushed to the hospital, but nearly a half-hour after being wounded, he was declared dead.
The assassination shocked the country and the world and left an enormous hole in the hearts of the Kennedys.
Jackie and her children moved out of the White House, and she spent the following winter in distress.
John F. Kennedy Jr. spent his third birthday at his father’s funeral.
Although it was his birthday, John Jr. seemed to be focused on honoring his father.
As an adult, John Jr. wanted the public to move on from its obsession with JFK’s assassination.
He couldn’t understand why people focused so much energy on it.
This led to a severe oxygen loss for Rosemary, and in turn, she was developmentally delayed.
Nevertheless, Rosemary was still able to read and write, and she was reportedly a happy child.
Still, her parents had her undergo experimental treatments in an effort to assuage her delays.
Rosemary lived the rest of her life at an institution in Wisconsin.
Her parents didn’t visit, but as adults, her siblings did.
John Jr. also interacted with his aunt.
He was reportedly “very relaxed with her.”
“If they’re killing Kennedys, then my children are targets.
This union also brought Caroline and John Jr. a stepbrother, Alexander Onassis.
An experienced pilot, Alexander crashed during takeoff while flying a twin-engine plane.
The son of a Harvard graduate, Kennedy attended an Ivy League school too: Brown University.
In 1983, he graduated with a degree in American history.
Taking advice from his mother, Kennedy went to law school at New York University.
But all wasn’t smooth sailing after graduation.
to become a practicing attorney in the United States, Kennedy needed to pass the bar exam.
It ultimately took him three times to pass the bar.
He owned a failing business
Law was not John F. Kennedy Jr.’s passion.
The industry was booming in the early to mid ’90s, and the lawyer was motivated.
“By the end, it seemed to be running out of gas.
Advertisers had lost some of the enthusiasm,” reporter Keith Kelly toldEsquire.
Sadly, tragedy struck John Jr. again in 1994.
“Last night, at around 10:15, my mother passed on.
Jackie was 64 years old when she died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
The former first lady had been undergoing treatment, but it proved fatal.
When hearing his name, a variety of sordid appellations come to mind, including womanizer.
BetweenJFK’s list of alleged mistressesand his tragic death, he’s remained a complex figure in American history.
As noted, JFK’s death also affected John Jr. but not because he was haunted by it.
“That act, that day does not have much to do with my life.
“We are filled with unspeakable grief and sadness by the loss of John and Carolyn and Lauren Bessette.
Upon further investigation, it was determined that the plane crash was due to pilot error.
“He should not have gone up that night.
