> At a Glance
> – Tatiana Schlossberg’s funeral held Jan. 5 at NYC’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
> – Died Dec. 30 at 35, one month after revealing leukemia diagnosis in The New Yorker
> – Service attended by family, David Letterman, designer Carolina Herrera
> – Why it matters: A public farewell to a journalist who chronicled her cancer fight while criticizing federal research cuts
Family and friends gathered on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to say goodbye to Tatiana Schlossberg, the 35-year-old journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, who died Dec. 30 from acute myeloid leukemia.
Private Service at Historic Church
Police closed streets around the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola as mourners arrived Monday afternoon. Kerry Kennedy and Joe Kennedy III entered first, followed by Tatiana’s parents Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, siblings Rose and Jack, and her husband George Moran with their children Edwin and Josephine.
David Letterman and wedding-dress designer Carolina Herrera** were among the public figures seen entering the same church that hosted Jackie Kennedy’s 1994 funeral.
A Writer’s Final Words
In November, Tatiana published a New Yorker essay detailing her diagnosis days after giving birth to her daughter in 2024. She underwent chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant, but still criticized cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for slashing federal cancer-research funds.
> “I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines,” she wrote.
Magazine editor David Remnick, who praised her courage after the essay’s publication, attended the service.
Remembering a Mother and Journalist
Tatiana, a Yale and Oxford graduate, covered environmental issues and was planning an ocean-conservation project before falling ill. In her essay she worried how her young children would remember her.
> “I don’t know who, really, she thinks I am,” she wrote of her daughter.
The JFK Library Foundation shared a September photo of Tatiana with her family on Martha’s Vineyard, captioned: “As we remember Tatiana and celebrate her life, our hearts are with her family and all who loved her.”
Key Takeaways
- Funeral held Jan. 5 at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on NYC’s Upper East Side
- Tatiana died Dec. 30 from acute myeloid leukemia diagnosed after childbirth
- Survived by husband George Moran and two young children
- Publicly criticized RFK Jr.‘s NIH and vaccine-research cuts in The New Yorker
The private ceremony marked the close of a life chronicled in print and cut short weeks after its author warned of the human cost of slashed science funding.
