Heartfelt tributes are pouring in following the tragic passing of Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy. Tatiana, who succumbed to blood cancer on Tuesday at the age of 35, is being remembered by family and admirers alike.

The somber news was shared through the social media platforms of the JFK Library Foundation, a message that conveyed the profound grief of her family. “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” read the emotional post, signed by her loving family members: George, Edwin and Josephine Moran, Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose, and Rory.

Tatiana was the cherished daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg. Caroline, the daughter of the iconic John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, shares her family’s deep roots in American history and public service.

In the wake of this loss, Maria Shriver, Tatiana’s cousin, expressed her sorrow and fond memories on Instagram. Shriver is the daughter of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy, JFK’s sister, further underscoring the family’s enduring legacy.

Following the news, Maria Shriver took to Instagram to share her memories of her cousin. Shriver is the daughter of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy, JFK’s sister.

‘I return to this space today to pay tribute to my sweet, beloved Tatiana, who left this earth today,’ she wrote. ‘I return to this space to pay tributes and honor her loving and supportive family, who came together and did everything they possibly could to help her. 

‘I return to this space heartbroken because Tatiana loved life,’ Shriver continued. ‘She loved her life and she fought like hell to try to save it.’

‘I cannot make sense of this,’ Shriver said. ‘I cannot make any sense of it at all. None. Zero.’ 

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of JFK, has died from blood cancer at the age of 35, just six weeks after she revealed her diagnosis

Schlossberg (second from right) was the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, whose parents were John F Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, and designer Edwin Schlossberg. She is pictured with her parents and brother Jack Schlossberg in 2023

Former First Lady of California Maria Shriver led the family’s tributes 

She went on to remember her cousin as a ‘great journalist’ who ‘used her words to educate others about the earth and how to save it,’ and said Schlossberg ‘created a beautiful life with her extraordinary husband, George, and children, Eddie and Josie.’

‘She was valiant, strong, courageous,’ Shriver said. 

The former First Lady of California then went on to say her heart has always been with Caroline Kennedy, Schlossberg’s mother, who she said has been a ‘rock’ and a ‘source of love’ to the family.

At that point, Shriver asked for prayers for the family.

‘Whatever your faith, please pray for Tatiana and her grieving family,’ she wrote, saying the mother-of-two ‘was the light, the humor [and] the joy’ of the family.

‘She was smart, wicked smart as they say, and sassy. She was fun, funny, loving, caring, a perfect daughter, sister, mother, cousin, niece, friend, all of it…’ 

‘Those of us left behind will make sure Eddie and Josie know what a beautiful, courageous spirit their mother was and will always be,’ Shriver vowed, saying Schlossberg took ‘after her extraordinary mother, Caroline.’

‘May we all hold Tatiana’s family in our collective embrace, not just today, but in the days ahead and may each of you who read this know how lucky you are to be alive right now.

‘Please pause and honor your life,’ she concluded. ‘It truly is such a gift.’

Schlossberg revealed how she felt when doctors told her she had acute myeloid leukemia in May 2024 in a poignant essay for the New Yorker

She praised her husband, George Moran, for his support following the diagnosis

In a poignant essay for the New Yorker, Schlossberg revealed how she felt when doctors told her she had acute myeloid leukemia in May 2024.

She noted that she had no symptoms and was ‘one of the healthiest people I knew’ when doctors told her she only had a year left to live.

Doctors only found the disease through routine blood tests after she gave birth to her second child when one physician noticed an imbalance in her white blood cell count, she wrote.

Schlossberg also used the piece to praise her husband, George Moran, for his support throughout her treatment, writing: ‘George did everything for me that he possibly could.

‘He talked to all the doctors and insurance people that I didn’t want to talk to; he slept on the floor of the hospital; he didn’t get mad when I was raging on steroids and yelled at him that I did not like Schweppes ginger ale, only Canada Dry.’

She added: ‘He would go home to put our kids to bed and come back to bring me dinner. I know that not everyone can be married to a doctor, but if you can, it’s a very good idea. 

‘He is perfect, and I feel so cheated and so sad that I don’t get to keep living the wonderful life I had with this kind, funny, handsome genius I managed to find.’

Schlossberg studied at Yale for her undergraduate degree, where she met Moran, now an attending urologist at Columbia University

Schlossberg studied at Yale for her undergraduate degree, where she met Moran, now an attending urologist at Columbia University.

She later earned a master’s degree in United States history from the University of Oxford and pursued a career as a journalist.

The couple married in 2017 at the Kennedy compound on Martha’s Vineyard, with former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick officiating the ceremony.

They lived in a $7.68 million apartment in New York City’s Upper East Side, but in Schlossberg’s New Yorker essay, she revealed she spent much of the last year of her life in and out of the hospital. 

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.