John F. Kennedy, Jr. was an American publisher, lawyer, and member of the prominent Kennedy political family who was the son of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline (née Bouvier) Kennedy (later Onassis).

On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. was killed when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also on board and were killed.

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane went down 25 years ago on July 16, 1999, killing him, as well as his two passengers, wife Carolyn, 33, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, 34. He was 38...

John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a tragic plane crash on July 16, 1999, with his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette.

On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and her sister, Lauren Bessette, die when the single-engine plane that Kennedy was piloting crashes into the Atlantic...

Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy (née Bessette; January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999) was the wife of attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr.. An American fashion publicist for Calvin Klein until her marriage to Kennedy in 1996, her life and fashion sense have been the subjects of intense media scrutiny.

The death of JFK Jr. was a major news story, not only because the 38-year-old was the son of former president John F. Kennedy, but because of the uniquely public history of unexpected...

The board investigated the “crash of a Piper Saratoga II aircraft last summer that killed the pilot, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and her sister, Lauren Bessette.

On Nov. 25, 1963, three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. saluted his assassinated father’s casket in a televised funeral procession. That heartbreaking image came to symbolize the nation's loss.