John F. Kennedy Jr.

Entrepreneur

Birthday November 25, 1960

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Washington, DC

DEATH DATE Jul 16, 1999 (38)

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About

President John F. Kennedy's son and magazine editor who died in a tragic 1999 plane crash off Martha's Vineyard in the Atlantic Ocean.

Before Fame

He worked as a ranchhand one spring in Arizona. He graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in history in 1983.

Trivia

He co-founded George with New York public relations magnate Michael J. Berman in 1995.

Family Life

He was married to Carolyn Bessette in 1996. The couple passed away in the tragic plane crash that also killed Carolyn's sister.

Associated With

His uncle was Robert F. Kennedy, who was tragically assassinated during the 1968 Democratic presidential primaries.