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Mary Jo Kopechne

Mary Jo Kopechne was killed in 1969 while riding in a car with Senator Edward Kennedy on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts. Mary Jo Kopechne was a former campaign worker for Kennedy's brother,…

Timeline of Kennedy Tragedies

by Beth Rowen Read about the many tragedies that have struck the Kennedy family, including John Kennedy's assassination and the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in a…

The Life and Times of JFK, Jr.

July 16 marks the anniversary of Kennedy's tragic plane crash by Beth Rowen John F. Kennedy, Jr., and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, died in a small plane on July 16, 1999. The Kennedys John…

island

(Encyclopedia) island, relatively small body of land surrounded entirely by water. (As the oceans form a continuous mass of water on the earth's surface, all continents are islands in the strict…

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Carolyn Bessette became part of one of America's best-known families when she married John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1996. Bessette grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Boston University in 1988. An…

John F. Kennedy, Jr.

John F. Kennedy, Jr. was the son of president John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the younger brother of Caroline Kennedy. John Jr. was only three years old when he appeared in one…

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy 1999 Deaths

Carolyn Bessette KennedyAge: 33 press-shy fashion publicist who was thrown into the media spotlight when she married John F. Kennedy, Jr., in 1996. She managed to maintain a certain degree of…

William Styron 2006 Deaths

William StyronAge: 81 novelist whose bestselling books included The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice. His works courted controversy in exploring difficult moral questions in…

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Biography

Carolyn Bessette Kennedyfashion publicist, socialiteBorn: 1/7/1966Birthplace: White Plains, N.Y. press-shy fashion publicist who was thrown into the media spotlight when she married John F.…