There was no other way for FX's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette to end. On July 16, 1999, 38-year-old JFK Jr., his 33-year-old wife Carolyn, and Carolyn's 34-year-old sister Lauren ...

John F. Kennedy Jr., born roughly two weeks after his father was elected President of the United States, died in a 1999 plane crash at the age of 38. With him were his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, ...

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Over the decades, many Kennedy family tragedies have seared sorrow into their history. The tragedy of the July 16, 1999 plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn ...