John F. Kennedy Jr., son of former US President John F. Kennedy, was a lawyer, magazine publisher, and amateur pilot. He died in a plane crash in 1999 with his wife and sister-in-law. JFK Jr.’s life and death were highly publicized, and he founded a magazine called George before his death. The cause of the crash was pilot error, and his death perpetuated the “Kennedy Curse.”
John F. Kennedy Jr. was the son of US President John F. Kennedy, who served as President of the United States in the 1960s until his assassination. John F. Kennedy Jr. was born just days after his father was elected president, and was nearly three years old when Major Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Texas. In his adult life, JFK Jr., as he was often called, was a lawyer and magazine publisher, as well as an amateur pilot. He died in a plane crash in 1999 with his wife and sister-in-law.
The life and death of John F. Kennedy Jr. was highly publicized, both due to the life and death of his father and JFK Jr.’s notoriety as a playboy. A photo taken of John F. Kennedy Jr. at his father’s funeral has become iconic: the boy was waving as his father’s coffin passed, and the photo was published worldwide in newspapers and magazines as a symbol of mourning for the nation. She lived in the White House for the first three years of his life, but after the death of her father, John F. Kennedy Jr., her mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, lived with her in New York City.
JFK Jr. holds a Juris Doctor and passed the bar exam on his third attempt. Speculation abounded that he earned his JD and passed the exam just to please his mother, and his passions were instead related to acting. He was generally considered handsome and likeable, and many people believed he could run for political office. Instead, he founded a magazine called George. The magazine focused on political issues and lifestyle themes, and was generally well received but short-lived. Before John F. Kennedy Jr. died, he speculated that he would have to stop printing the magazine due to declining funding.
During the summer of 1999, JFK Jr. was piloting a plane carrying his wife and sister-in-law en route to a wedding on Cape Cod. Kennedy lost control of the plane during the night and the plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. The bodies were recovered, and upon investigation, the cause of the crash was found to be pilot error; Kennedy was not qualified to fly the plane with instruments alone, which is sometimes necessary in bad weather or at night. His death perpetuated what many have dubbed the “Kennedy Curse,” or the untimely deaths of the Kennedy family men.
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