John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, and her sister died in a 1999 plane crash near Martha’s Vineyard.The politician was just 38 years old when he died.Rumors of a “Kennedy curse” were fueled by multiple family tragedies over the decades.
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The Kennedy family has been subjected to many tragedies over the years, including two assassinations and a plane crash that took the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr. and two other passengers.Twenty-five years ago, on July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her older sister Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. There were no survivors from the accident.
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The deaths became a major news story and perpetuated rumors of a “Kennedy curse.”JFK Jr.’s father, former President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963. His uncle, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, was assassinated five years later in 1968. And two years before JFK Jr.’s death, his cousin Michael Kennedy also died after hitting a tree while skiing in Aspen, Colorado.Here’s what we know about the plane crash that killed John F. Kennedy Jr. and two others.
