> At a Glance
> – Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, was privately mourned on Jan. 5 at St. Ignatius of Loyola, the same church that honored her grandmother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
> – The journalist and author died Dec. 30 from acute myeloid leukemia, which she revealed publicly in a November New Yorker essay.
> – Mourners included Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, David Letterman, and cousin Maria Shriver.
> – Why it matters: Schlossberg’s death silences a rising environmental voice and leaves two young children, Josephine and Edwin, in a family already marked by public tragedy.
Tatiana Schlossberg’s funeral drew America’s political and cultural elite to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where friends and family celebrated a life cut short by an aggressive blood cancer she had only recently disclosed.
Final Farewell at Historic Church
Inside the Gothic revival sanctuary, her brother Jack Schlossberg greeted attendees while husband George Moran delivered the eulogy for the couple, who shared a 1-year-old daughter and a son born in 2022. Sister Rose Schlossberg read during the service, and mother Caroline Kennedy carried little Josephine out afterward, a poignant echo of past Kennedy family farewells.
The same church hosted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s 1994 funeral before her burial at Arlington National Cemetery beside President John F. Kennedy.
Public Battle with Leukemia
In a candid New Yorker piece timed to the 62nd anniversary of JFK’s assassination, Schlossberg described her cancer as “terminal” and praised her family for raising her children and keeping vigil during 18 months of hospital stays.
> “For my whole life, I have tried to be good… Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life.”
Legacy of Climate Journalism
A Yale and Oxford graduate, Schlossberg covered science for The New York Times and authored Inconspicuous Consumption, a 2019 book on hidden environmental costs. She told TODAY that climate change is “the biggest story in the world,” blending science, politics, health, and business into one urgent narrative.
Tributes Outside the Church
- The JFK Library Foundation posted a family photo taken shortly before her death.
- Jack Schlossberg shared a quote from her book: “It’s up to us to create a country that takes seriously its obligations to the planet, to each other, and to the people who will be born into a world that looks different than ours has for the last 10,000 years.”
Key Takeaways
- Tatiana Schlossberg died at 35 from acute myeloid leukemia, leaving two toddlers and a celebrated body of environmental journalism.
- Her funeral reunited America’s most prominent political dynasty with leaders from across the aisle, underscoring the family’s enduring place in national life.
The service closed another chapter for the Kennedys, who once again mourned in the public eye while celebrating a granddaughter who used her platform to spotlight the climate crisis.
