Father and Son
Kennedy held hands with his dad, President John F. Kennedy, outside the White House in Washington, D.C., circa 1963. The elder Kennedy died Nov. 22 of that year.
Kennedy held hands with his dad, President John F. Kennedy, outside the White House in Washington, D.C., circa 1963. The elder Kennedy died Nov. 22 of that year.
On Nov. 25, 1963, a three-year-old Kennedy saluted his father's casket in Washington, three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. Widow Jacqueline Kennedy, center, and daughter Caroline were accompanied by the late president's brothers, Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
Accompanied by mother Jacqueline Kennedy, a seven-year-old John Jr. carried a man-sized briefcase on his way to the Collegiate School in New York to begin classes Sept. 20, 1968. Collegiate School is the nation's oldest private secondary school. John previously attended a private school run by Roman Catholic laymen.
The New York Mets' Willie Mays showed Kennedy the proper grip on the bat on June 3, 1972, in the dugout at New York's Shea Stadium.
Kennedy waited in the registration line at Brown University in Providence, R.I., to register for his first year of college on Sept. 10, 1979.
Jackie Onassis and her son walked arm-in-arm on April 26, 1986, from St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis, Mass., after the wedding of his cousin Maria Shriver to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Andrew Cuomo, left, the son of New York's then-governor Mario Cuomo and the head of Help Inc., a nonprofit organization working to build transitional housing for homeless women and children, joined Kennedy during a radio interview in New Rochelle, N.Y., on May 17, 1989. Kennedy told listeners he would have no complaints if housing for the homeless was arranged in Hyannis Port, Mass.
Kennedy dated actress Daryl Hannah for several years in the early 1990s. Here, they sit courtside during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 12, 1994.
Kennedy launched George magazine in September 1995, with Cindy Crawford dressed as George Washington on the cover of the first issue. He co-founded the glossy monthly publication with Michael J. Berman and publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. and served as its editor-in-chief. The magazine, which featured the tagline "Not Just Politics as Usual," was published until 2001.
Kennedy made an appearance as himself on a 1995 episode of CBS' comedy series Murphy Brown, starring Candice Bergen.
Kennedy looked on as then-president Bill Clinton spoke in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 11, 1996. The former was on hand to present the president with an annual report on intellectual disability. Kennedy was one of 21 presidential appointees to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation (now called The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities), which marked its 30th anniversary during the ceremony.
Kennedy showed off his wedding ring during a visit to The Rosie O'Donnell Show in Universal City, Calif., on Feb. 20, 1997. He had wed Carolyn Bessette the year before.
Kennedy appeared on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1998, where he promoted his magazine, George.
Kennedy and his sister, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, applauded as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) addressed a gathering at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on May 24, 1999. McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) were co-recipients of the the Profile in Courage Award, presented annually to an elected official who withstood strong opposition to follow his or her beliefs in the right course of action.
Kennedy married Calvin Klein PR executive Carolyn Bessette in a secret wedding on Sept. 21, 1996, on Cumberland Island, Ga. His sister, Caroline, was matron of honor, and cousin Anthony was the best man. Here, the couple arrived at the wedding of CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour and U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin in Bracciano, Italy, on Aug. 8, 1998. Kennedy and his wife died the following summer in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean en route to the wedding of his cousin Rory in Massachusetts. He was piloting the plane, and Carolyn's older sister, Lauren, also was on board.