"John wanted her to know him as other than the son of the president," he said. JOHN F. KENNEDY JR.'S ASSISTANT TELLS ALL Still, Bessette struggled to fit in with the powerful family.

They met in a dressing room Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F Kennedy Jr. attend the Newman's Own George Awards at the US Customs House on May 19, 1999.

Denis Reggie John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette as they leave First African Baptist Church after their Sept. 21, 1996 wedding ceremony on Cumberland Island, Ga. More ...

Carolyn Bessette didn't say yes when John F. Kennedy Jr. first proposed to her. She didn't say no, either. But, remarkably, the 29-year-old Calvin Klein publicist, who had been dating the eligible ...

Carolyn Bessette, 33, and her sister Lauren Bessette, 34, were passengers in a plane flown by John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, on July 16, 1999.

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Getty Images I finally asked if he ever were to start a magazine, would he tell me first? He said sure, and I handed him my card.

"John had an engaging spirit that could fill the room and captivate everyone in it," said Ted Kennedy of his nephew, who died 20 years ago “Nobody I know calls me ‘John-John,’ ” John F ...

Such a realization, Gillon says, “was difficult to write.” From left: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1997. Dave Allocca/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ...

Kennedy Onassis reportedly disapproved of her son’s girlfriend, Daryl Hannah, to whom he was linked to when he met Carolyn. As The Kennedy Heirs author J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote in his 2019 book, ...

John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette were married for less than three years when they were killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1999, but their volatile, photogenic romance remains legendary.