Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy (née Bessette; January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense became the subjects of intense media scrutiny afterwards. The couple, along with her older sister Lauren, died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in 1999.

Infobox

Born

Carolyn Jeanne Bessette (1966-01-07)January 7, 1966 White Plains, New York, U .

Died

July 16, 1999(1999-07-16) (aged 33) Atlantic Ocean, near Martha's Vineyard, U .

Cause of death

Plane crash

Alma mater

Boston University (BA)

Occupation

Publicist

Spouse

John F. Kennedy Jr. (m. 1996)

Relatives

Lauren Bessette (sister) Kennedy family (by marriage) Bouvier family (by marriage)

References

Marie Claire
https://www.marieclaire.com.au/news/celebrity/the-life-of-carolyn-bessette-kennedy/
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/nyregion/enter-smiling-the-stylish-carolyn-bessette.html
yahoo
https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/slideshow/2904652/carolyn-bessette-life-before-jfk-jr/
"Before Kennedy, She Made A Mark Carolyn Bessette's Beauty And Brains Took Her Places. Some Saw The Couple As A Natural Match"
http://web.archive.org/web/20161008064020/http://articles.philly.com:80/1999-07-18/news/25523709_1_carolyn-bessette-kennedy-beauty-benetton
Finding My Ancestors
https://11illehc.wordpress.com/tag/bessette/
Geneanet
https://gw.geneanet.org/peter781?lang=en&n=bessette&p=carolyn
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/19/us/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-private-woman-who-was-new-to-fame.html
"For Bessette Kennedy, joining Kennedy clan meant life in a fishbowl"
https://www.boston.com/news/packages/jfkjr/bessette_profile.htm
"Crazy For Carolyn"
http://www.newsweek.com/crazy-carolyn-178950
Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/woman-who-won-his-heart-168746
"Washington Post". October 9, 1996.
People
https://web.archive.org/web/20080528180231/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20142438,00.html
Women's Wear Daily
https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1149072/
"Secrets and Lies"
https://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2003/08/john-f-kennedy-jr-carolyn-bessette-divorce-drugs-scandal
Heymann 2007, p. 416.
Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-18-ls-54958-story.html
Time
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,985267,00.html
Peoplemag
https://people.com/archive/cover-story-bridal-sweet-vol-46-no-15/
People
https://web.archive.org/web/20081028204058/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131863,00.html
Heymann 2007, p. 463.