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I came across a 40-plus-part series on Instagram by an Italian woman who goes by Luvi_storytelling_perfumes ( https://www.instagram.com/luvi\_storytelling\_perfumes/ ). Throughout the series, she discusses John and Carolyn's relationship and claims to have inside sources.

According to her, the information came from her friend, Lavinia Pasanisi de Foscarini, who grew up in New York. She says Lavinia's Italian mother, who came from a prominent family, was very close to the Kennedy family and that Lavinia was John's goddaughter. She further claims that Lavinia received this information from Maria Shriver, who allegedly wanted these details to become public after Love Story ended and gave permission for her name to be used.

She also claims that Caroline Kennedy is aware this information will eventually be released and is comfortable with it. In addition, she frequently refers to two individuals identified only as "C" and "S," whom she says worked at George magazine and are close friends of the Kennedy family but did not want their identities revealed.

Because I don't understand Italian, I had to rely on translations. The following is what she shared. These are her words not mine!

1. Caroline found Carolyn in Jack’s playroom using cocaine, and a few paparazzi caught her while she was under the influence. She allegedly shoved one of the paparazzi, causing the photographer to fall and hit her head on the curb. Apparently, Ted Kennedy hushed up the incident.

2. In November 1996, Carolyn wanted to alter the prenuptial agreement, and the process dragged on for years. She did not succeed on her first attempt. The Kennedy legal team, led by Victoria Reggie Kennedy, refused to budge an inch on the matter. So Carolyn tipped off the press, and stories began appearing in the newspapers about her attempt to modify the prenup. Her intent was to sway public opinion in her favor because of the "unfair" treatment she claimed to be receiving from the Kennedy family.

3. Christmas 1996, Carolyn spent thousands of dollars on gifts for the George magazine staff without John's knowledge. Apparently, John "flew into a rage" when he saw the designer items Carolyn had bought for Rosemarie because he had never "authorized" the purchases. “C" and "S" were also given expensive handbags, which infuriated John even more, as he insisted it was his own money to spend however he pleased. The problem was that this fueled further friction between John and Michael, who were already at odds. Michael was focused on corporate gifts—specifically, making sure everyone received one—so this display of extravagance clearly upset him. The matter ended with John opening a separate account for Carolyn because her spending was spiraling out of control.

4. Due to the friction over the prenuptial agreement, John and Carolyn did not spend Christmas together. Apparently, Carolyn spent it with her family in Greenwich, while John spent it with Caroline, Ed, Ted Kennedy and his wife Victoria, Eunice Shriver, Maria Shriver, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

5. For New Year's, John went to Big Sky Resort in Montana with Maria, Arnold, Timothy, Anthony Shriver, and some of his friends. Carolyn joined him there and arrived wearing a turtleneck, tight jeans, and high-heeled boots. She had not packed a single thing suitable for the setting because she had no intention of leaving the hotel or learning to ski. The couple fought, trashed their hotel room, and John paid for the damages.

6. On New Year's Eve, Carolyn got into an argument with a waiter just minutes before midnight. She asked for vodka so she could make a toast, but since champagne had just been served to all the guests, the waiter simply asked her to wait until the countdown. Carolyn lost her patience and threw her glass at him.

7. Apparently, John spent a lot of time on the phone with Julie Baker and "C" during that trip.

8. John's friends and family mocked Carolyn's choice of high heels for the trip after she slipped on a patch of ice.

9. Carolyn complained that Maria's children were too noisy, disruptive, and ill-mannered. Apparently, Maria lost her patience when Carolyn began insulting and belittling John at every opportunity.

10. John spent most of the trip skiing with his friends and went on a few more ski trips that winter (early 1997) without Carolyn, including one to Colorado with Julie Baker.

11. Apparently, Carolyn could not stand Maria Shriver because, aside from being Caroline Kennedy's best friend, she was an accomplished, beautiful, intelligent, and respected journalist whom the press praised—unlike Carolyn.

12. Carolyn became irritated when she heard Maria and Arnold speaking German to each other while John was not around, convinced they were badmouthing her.

13. Apparently, Carolyn's aggression toward John escalated during the summer of 1997, and people close to him remembered him being constantly covered in bruises.

14. One morning, John and Carolyn had a fight, and she threw something at him that he could not dodge, striking him on the back of the head. Exhausted and running late for work, he moved to open the front door and leave. He did not see that Carolyn was moving a standard ladder used for changing lightbulbs, which crashed onto his head and sent him sprawling forward. He got back up and went to the office with a splitting headache. As the day went on, however, "C" and "S" noticed something odd about him. "C" saw blood in his hair. Upon closer inspection, beneath John's thick hair, a small cut was visible—one that was already beginning to heal.

15. John told his sister what had happened after he began feeling nauseous and dizzy. "C" took him to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed a concussion. He was kept under observation overnight, and the doctor insisted that he lay down and rest for at least five days. As a result, he stayed at Julie's apartment.

16. John loved Chanel No. 5, and for Carolyn's birthday, he came home with a large bottle of the perfume. She did not appreciate the gift. Instead, she simply told him that she hated it and would never wear it.

17. One evening, while John was working with "C"—he often brought George employees home in the evenings to work—Carolyn returned from an outing with friends after apparently having a wild night. Throwing things was always her first outlet. She was screaming that night, although we do not know what she was saying or why. We only know that she went into the bathroom, grabbed the bottle of Chanel No. 5, and hurled it directly at John. He was grazed by a few shards when it shattered against the wall. That wall of the loft reportedly smelled like Chanel No. 5 for years.

18. One evening, when Carolyn was "not in her right mind," she began striking John in every way possible and kicked him directly in the abdomen. Not satisfied with that, she grabbed a baseball bat and struck him in the same area. John ended up in the hospital with three cracked ribs, one of which had nearly punctured his lung. He had to wear a brace for three weeks.

….so throwing things wasn't exactly unheard of when it came to Carolyn, considering the way she treated Bergin. The prenup story also sounds plausible to me. What I have a harder time believing is the claim that John was constantly covered in bruises. He was photographed shirtless all the time, and it seems like the press or the public would have noticed something like that. I've also never seen any evidence that he wore a brace for broken ribs. And John & Carolyn went alone to the Big Sky Montana resort, and the owners of a diner they went to said she was wearing jeans, practical shoes and a shirt that said “Happily Ever After”. There was no mention of any other Kennedy there. So some of her claims don’t add up. She and Maria looked close at the 1998 Fire and Ice Ball..

This whole series is just so bizarre. There's a lot more, too. Should I make a Part 2?

From The Kennedy Heirs:

“…Finally, John said that if Carolyn was insistent, she would have to call Aunt Ethel and tell her. He wasn't going to do it for her. John suspected and probably hoped that she wouldn't have the nerve to do it. Carolyn had a good relationship with Ethel, though, maybe better than John understood.

The next day, Carolyn made the call. She told Ethel that she realized some people might take issue with her for not being with John, but she simply didn't have it in her. She hoped Ethel would understand. Much to Carolyn's relief, Ethel didn't put up a fight. She said it was fine with her, and would also be okay with Rory and Mark, if Carolyn begged off.

According to a source with knowledge of the conversation, Ethel told Carolyn, "Tell John his aunt Ethel wants him to stop being such a jerk about this thing."

When Carolyn, her spirits now lifted, reported to John everything Ethel had said, he still wasn't happy. That's when his personal assistant, RoseMarie Terenzio, decided to take up the cause. She stepped in and telephoned Carolyn and managed to convince her to change her mind

…At first, Ethel Kennedy wasn't going to accept any bad news about John, no matter what she was being told or how many times she was told it. When Ted called her at five in the morning that Saturday to inform her that John's plane had gone missing, she said she was sure it would be found. She refused to accept any alternative.

With the passing of more anxious hours, Ethel began to fear the worst for John. Of course, she had also grown fond of Carolyn. "Why was she on that plane?" Ethel kept asking. "I told her not to come. We talked about it. She said she wasn't coming and I told her it was okay. I thought we agreed. So why was she even on that plane?"

Very upset, she said she believed Carolyn must have had some sort of instinct about the trip, something that was warning her not to take it. "Oh, how I wish she had listened to it," Ethel said.

Rosemarie’s last phone call to Carolyn:

This phone call happened after John told Rosemarie: “Carolyn has decided she's not coming to Rory's wedding. She's determined to stay home this weekend, and I'm not going to fight with her about it."

Rosemarie insisted: “You're not going to the wedding alone. Time for an intervention. I need to have a little chat with your wife in private."

The private chat:

“Carolyn, are you f*cking kidding me? What are you doing? You're smarter than this. I don't know what the hell you're trying to prove, and I don't know what the hell you're doing, but it's not working. You're smarter than this. You're better than this. Why are you staying out and not calling? You’re acting like a teenager. I don't know what you’re looking for or what kind of attention you're seeking, but you're not getting it, and you're f*cking up your life. If you're trying to get him to pay attention, he's not. He's getting angrier and pulling further away.

Now is not the time to take a stand. His whole family is going to be at this wedding, and you need to go with him. You don't want to put John in a position where he has to explain where you are, and you don't want to put yourself in a position where you'll be judged. “

So why would John have to answer any questions about Carolyn's absence if Ethel and Rory already knew she wasn't coming? Carolyn had called them in advance to let them know, and Ethel was fine with it. What was Rosemarie thinking?

Saw this on Instagram today. The model’s agency captioned the A&F campaign as channeling CBK. This has to be the nth clothing brand to hop on the ’90s inspired CBK train.

Carolyn was reportedly hired by Calvin Klein because of her resemblance to Elaine Irwin, one of the brand's favorite models. That resemblance also helped move her onto the Calvin Klein promotional fast track.

In CBK: A Life in Fashion, Calvin Klein, recalled: “I was visiting the store in Boston. It was there that | saw Carolyn. Up close she was beautiful but self-deprecating, which was unusual and charming. It was also obvious that she had a great sense of style and stood out from the rest. | couldn’t help noticing that she had an uncanny resemblance to one of the Calvin Klein models, Elaine Irwin, as well. We were looking for someone in the New York office who exemplified Calvin Klein fashion and could handle the special clients in sales. | could tell that she was confident and could hold her own. That’s what we needed and that’s what she was, so we offered her the job.”

In Once Upon a Time, Calvin's former executive assistant, Mary Jane "MJ" Bettenhausen, recalled "Carolyn was brought to New York to interview directly with Calvin Klein" According to Bettenhausen the designer was back fresh from rehab and determined to lead a healthy life, but still a little foggy. When Carolyn exited his office, she seemed worried.

"How did it go?" Bettenhausen asked her.

"I don't know, which is weird. I just can't tell, so I'm thinking perhaps I bombed," Carolyn said.

After Carolyn left the office, Calvin called in Bettenhausen and told her, “We've already cast her numerous times, and will again, so why am I meeting with Elaine Irwin?"

Do you think Carolyn bears any resemblance to Elaine Irwin?

Photo: John and Daryl Hannah at his farewell party after he resigned from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in July 1993.

Before I get downvoted, hear me out.

John's close friend, John Perry Barlow, told one author that one of the reasons John and Daryl didn't remain in contact was because of Carolyn. According to Barlow, "It wasn't possible for him to have any contact with Daryl because Carolyn was rather controlling." Barlow was close to both John and Daryl and spent a lot of time around them while they were dating.

Personally, I don't think Carolyn was overly controlling in general. She didn't seem to have a problem with John staying friends with Julie Baker until Julie crossed boundaries that made Carolyn uncomfortable with how close she was to him, which is understandable.

What stands out to me is that Carolyn reportedly didn't want John to have any contact with Daryl at all, regardless of whether Daryl even wanted to stay in touch. To me, that suggests Carolyn viewed Daryl differently and may have felt threatened by the possibility of John maintaining any kind of friendship with her.

John had previously left Carolyn to reunite with Daryl more than once, so it's understandable that she may have felt insecure about that history. In fact, Carolyn's mother sent her a newspaper clipping of John and Daryl together in 1993 and encouraged her to move on, reminding her that John had left her for Daryl before. Another factor was that Carolyn never had the chance to meet Jackie because of Daryl. At that point, John was in a committed relationship with Daryl, so Carolyn never met her future mother-in-law before Jackie died in 1994. The last woman Jackie knew her son was dating was Daryl. That may have been disappointing for Carolyn and could have been a blow to her ego.

That's not to say John and Daryl had a perfect relationship—they had plenty of problems of their own. Like many of John's relationships, theirs also began with infidelity on both ends.

Maybe Carolyn feared that if John and Daryl maintained a friendship similar to the one he had with Julie Baker—meeting for lunch regularly, having Daryl visit his office, giving her his private number and being in regular contact, or inviting her to birthday parties—it could eventually lead to another reconciliation.

That's just my interpretation based on what's been said.

The August 2, 1999, issue of The New Yorker was a poignant tribute that featured a cover titled "City in Mourning" by artist Ana Juan. It depicted the Statue of Liberty wearing a heavy, black mourning veil, acting as a profound visual tribute following the tragic death of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and Lauren Bessette in a plane crash.

“New York City loved John back. He was the city's native son, her royal progeny, protected and accepted, no matter what the situation. I always think of the New Yorker cover the week that John's plane crashed: an illustration by Ana Juan of the Statue of Liberty wearing a black veil of mourning. It still makes me teary. I thought of John a lot when the Twin Towers fell, too, wishing he were there to talk to and knowing how much he'd have been hurt by the attack on his home. It was the biggest thing in my adult life that I didn't share with him.” - Robert Littell.

Gone, but never forgotten. May they rest in peace. 🕊️

Date: July 15, 1999

On Thursday evening, after having his cast removed, John and Gary Ginsberg went together to the Yankees game. The pair were driven by car service to Yankee Stadium to attend an interleague night game between the Yankees and the Atlanta Braves. Ginsberg had also invited to the game James and Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert's two sons. They all sat together in the box of George Steinbrenner, the Yankees' owner. Part of the idea was to have John meet the Murdoch sons to see if there might be some interest in News Corporation replacing Hachette as John's partner for George.

George Magazine was not the only topic of conversation that evening. Gary recalled, "It was not a good last night for John. I think his most immediate concern was “What do I do with George?" It was an unsettling period. There were a lot of unknowns in his personal and professional life. But what he was talking about that night was running for governor against Pataki. There was a lot of uncertainty. He didn't want to get divorced. He was a sticker, not someone who looked to get out of things. He looked at his sister's marriage and saw how happy it was and wanted the same for himself. So I'm thinking, in a perfect world, it all works out."

In the long car ride to and from the stadium, Gary talked with John about his political ambitions. John mentioned that he was eyeing the New York governor's race in 2002. "That's the race," John told Gary. He had stopped brooding over the Senate seat that Hillary Clinton had moved to claim, “I'm intellectually and temperamentally better suited to be an executive than a legislator," he said. "My dad didn't like it, either," he revealed, referring to his father's time in the House and the Senate. John felt he could beat incumbent George Pataki, a bland moderate Republican who was seeking a third term. John realized that he had to get his house in order before he could make the move. He worried whether Carolyn would ever be emotionally capable of dealing with him running for office. And then there was George, which was hanging like a dark shadow over his future ambitions. "He was looking for a graceful way out of George," Ginsberg recalled.

They also spoke about John's dealings with Jack Kliger. Gary recalled that John had a very unsettling meeting that afternoon with Kliger. It was clear that the funding was no longer guaranteed, and that if George was going to survive, he was going to have to either find new funding or new partnership, or leave it. John said, "This is when I knew it was over. I put my water bottle down and Kliger's so nervous he picks up my water bottle and starts drinking it. That's how I knew he's going to cut the cord on me. I was f*cked."

John acknowledged feeling uncomfortable with Kliger, explaining that he had always struggled with male authority figures. Gary noted that this was understandable, considering that John's father had been a national hero. John also revealed that thoughts of death had become increasingly frequent. Anthony Radziwill's illness weighed heavily on his mind.

Posted on Instagram today with the caption:

“I didn't know today would have been the last day I saw you! If you only knew what was going on down here! You have influenced so many of our young generation in only the most positive ways! Simple elegant minimal style! Just you and your natural being. Rest in peace Carolyn! You are greatly missed! The first photo is a trip to Paris and the second was a fitting we were doing for CK!”

Tomorrow marks 27 years since Carolyn, John, and Lauren passed away. May they rest in eternal peace.

On May 19, 1999, John was interviewed by Katie Couric on the Today show—it was for the tenth anniversary of the Profile in Courage Award, to honor his dad. Katie showed a clip from an interview where JFK talked about hoping his children would go into public service in some way.

Katie Couric: When you hear him talk about that do you ever feel like your choice not to pursue a career in public service might have disappointed him?

JFK Jr: No... You know, he always said that be thought everyone sbould run for office. Listen, there's a lot of time in life to do all sorts of things.... There are other ways to contribute to the public discourse.... And I think everyone has to find their way into politics or any other professions on their own. Do it on their own speed, and then in their own way.

Katie Couric: That sure sounds like you haven't given up the notion of maybe going into politics.

JFK Jr.: Maybe, maybe not.

“In retrospect, that's a very poignant interview. The last television interview. Like most women in America, I had a mad crush on John. He was so handsome, but he emanated humility. I remember he rode his bike to the Today show. And I was a little, what is the word? Dumbstruck? I was kind of nervous around him, believe it or not. He came by himself, and did I mention I had a crush on him? He also wrote me a nice note when [her first husband] Jay died, something about people dying young. He was just so charming.” - Katie Couric.

That evening, John and Carolyn appeared at the second annual Newman's Own George Awards, which Jobn and Paul Newman had set up to honor companies for their philanthropy.

John with his then-girlfriend, Margaret "Meg" Azzoni, at the 6th Annual RFK Tennis Tournament Party at the Rainbow Room in New York City on August 26, 1977.

Sasha Chermayeff: “John dated Meg Azzoni when we were in eleventh grade. Meg was a senior. John was sixteen and Meg was seventeen. She had a superhot body. It was that kind of body that was so perfect at that moment in time, which was super athletic, very slender hips, big boobs. Like a lot of models. And John, he went for a certain type.”

In 2007, Meg Azzoni compiled and self-published Eleven Letters and a Poem by John F. Kennedy Jr. to Meg Azzoni, a collection of personal memories, eleven letters, and a poem written to her by John F. Kennedy Jr. during their relationship. According to Princeton University's alumni page, Meg Azzoni, who graduated in 1981, was working on a manuscript about President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Azzoni is currently an artist, and her book appears to be out of print.

Photos taken on September 6, 1994. In photos 2-4, John is holding Anthony and Alina Shriver's baby girl, Eunice Julia Shriver.

"I sometimes think about what John's kids would have been like, besides gorgeous. He liked children, was easy around them, and included his friends' children in many of the activities he planned. He was ready and eager to start a family when he met Carolyn. She wasn't ready, though, and her early troubles in their marriage delayed the decision. I think she would have been a cool mother, protective and empathetic. When we would all go to the Vineyard, whatever assorted children were there would naturally gravitate toward her. She was unaffected and lively, and they could sense her energy." - Robert Littell.

“I know that they had been talking about having children. John and Carolyn were trying to decide how to bring a child into the world knowing that the baby would be the subject of such intense scrutiny. They were already in this unremitting klieg glare and they couldn't imagine what it would be like with a child. Would it be fair to the baby? How would they, as parents, handle it? These were their concerns" - John Perry Barlow.

“I keep losing everyone. I really need to start thinking about having a family. This is going to suck. A baby makes everything better, right? I want to start now, but Carolyn wants to wait and see what happens with Anthony. She wants to be there for Carole. I already have a name picked out if it's a boy: Flynn. Flynn Kennedy—now that's a name.” - John in conversation with Billy Noonan, July 1998.

“Carolyn made me promise that I would be the godmother of her first child. We were arguing about names because she said, 'When I have a boy, I want to name him Stash.' That was my husband's middle name and his father's name—Stanislas—but everyone called them Stash. It was just a great name. So we sort of argued about it. I thought there were certain rules about names, especially in that big family. You can't just take a name; you have to ask permission. So I was like, 'I think I get that’” - Carole Radziwill during her 2005 Oprah interview.

John and Carolyn attend a Robin Hood Foundation benefit at 26th Street Armory in New York City.

"My mother often told me how difficult it was for her to marry into the Kennedy clan. I tried to remember her words when I married Carolyn. We're a tight family and Carolyn struggled with being accepted. But we knew we really loved each other deeply. And my family helped by going out of their way to make Carolyn feel like one of the bunch. She may never get used to our high-profile life. But now we're happy.!" - JFK Jr, 1997.

"When she married John it kind of became serious. She had a hard time dealing with the press. Once John was out of town and she called me so that we could do a walk in the park with our dogs, and she said that there will be paparazzi so be careful. I said, “I am sure it's not that bad." I pulled up to North Moore Street and there was no one there, and I thought, See, she is wrong. Then Carolyn comes out of the apartment, and there were like twenty of them coming toward her. It was super intense and stressful; we were driving on the highway and trying to lose them. Afterward. I really, really felt for her, you know. I got a better sense of what her life was like at that moment." -Paul Rowland (Carolyn’s friend).

On July 4, 1998, John and Carolyn joined the Kennedys for a major family celebration of the Independence Day holiday at the Kennedy compound. The festivities started with a special Mass under a tent in Sargent and Eunice Shriver's yard during which the sacrament of Communion was offered. Then there was a family cruise in Hyannis Harbor with at least thirty Kennedy relatives on board, including Rosemary Kennedy, who was visiting from St. Coletta's.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy could roughhouse with them as if she'd been born into the family, chasing John's cousins around the property, playing football with them, jumping into the ocean and dunking them. On this day, she spent an hour on the sand with the youngest Kennedys of the third generation, trying to teach them how to do cartwheels and somersaults.

Meanwhile, Ethel stood on the beach and admonished her, saying, “Carolyn, don't do that. You're going to hurt yourself!" John chuckled.
"Don't worry, Aunt Ethel," he said, "she's made of rubber. I think it's all that yoga." Ethel had to laugh. "She's me at that age, you know?" she told John. "I used to be able to do somersaults too, way back in the Stone Age."

Later, at the buffet table, John and Carolyn joked about how John had only complex carbohydrates on his plate—macaroni and cheese, potatoes, and corn. "Now that's what I call a meal, Kitty Cat," he said, using his nickname for her. Carolyn picked up a grilled steak and put it on his plate along with some avocado, fresh green beans, and some sliced tomatoes. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you," she said, kissing him on the cheek. Ted, witnessing the scene from his table, remarked to Pat, "God, those kids are so in love, aren't they? It's like watching Jack and Jackie again, all these years later."

As John and Carolyn sat talking to Sargent, Eunice, their daughter, Maria, and her husband, Arnold, a bunch of Kennedy nieces and nephews scurried about the yard chasing eastern cottontail bunnies. "You'll never catch them," John told the kids with a big grin. "Those things run faster than Kennedys, and that's really saying something." Then, gazing at Carolyn lovingly, he added, "Sometimes, though, it's nice to get caught."

Most of John's family adored Carolyn. They knew that she fully supported John in everything he wanted to do, and she represented, in their view, a real anchor for him.

- Excerpt from After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present by J. Randy Taraborrelli.

Photos taken at the cape on June 20, 1995.

John, whose chiseled physique was regularly displayed in newspapers and magazines around the globe, was himself garnering a reputation as something of an exhibitionist. At Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, locals accused him of walking around town wearing only a towel around his waist and coyly letting it slip.

"He loves to walk around in the nude," said R Couri Hay, who worked out at the Aspen Club in Colorado when John was there. "He walks around in the gym with his bathrobe open, and when he takes a shower he leaves the curtain open." According to Hay, John skinny-dipped at a Hyannis Port pool party, then strolled around nude while waiters served guests drinks. Hay wound up thinking JFK Jr.
"could have been a porno star."

The exhibitionist streak would persist. Years later, in 1990, John vacationed on St. Bart's, in the French West Indies. Once again, he swam and walked around on the beach nude-only this time he was captured on film by New York travel agent Shelley Shusteroff. The photographs, for which Shusteroff was allegedly offered a six-figure sum, were not published.

"All summer, we had photographers-they would just hang out at the Hyannis Port compound and wait for John to go swimming and we'd get the shirtless photo and slap it in the paper. We used to call him the "hunk of tutti hunks." I don't know if there's anybody | could even name now—maybe like a Beyoncé type of fame, worldwide fame. He's as handsome as can be and the whole tragic backstory and the heroic family saga-he was the whole package!" - Gayle Fee, columnist for the Boston Herald.

"I'm going to remember him as I saw him up in Hyannisport. He always had his New York Yankees cap on backward, he always wore a T-shirt and bathing suit, sandals and sunglasses. I'd see him walking down to the yacht club to go sailing or cutting across the backyard gathering lots of kids up for a touch football game. He was a normal guy, a good guy." - Mike Barnicle (New York Daily News Columnist).

John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Sheryl Crow attend a Grammy party at the Rainbow Room on February 26, 1997 in New York. Carolyn was not in attendance. In the third photo, John is photographed alongside his friend from the Manhattan DA office, Kevin Hynes.

Fun fact: At the 1991 Grammy Awards, John F. Kennedy Jr. received a nomination for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album for narrating his father’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage. He ultimately did not win the award.

John photographed at the beach in Hyannis Port on July 11, 1992.

“John used to walk to the post office every day, just after he'd taken a shower. He'd wear just a towel wrapped around his waist and no shirt." - Hyannis Port resident.

“John had a checkered history of combining showering and cooking; his attention deficit disorder tended to sabotage that kind of multitasking. We never let him forget the time he had been fresh out of the shower with a towel around his waist when he fired up the grill to make us hamburgers. He'd turned around and lost his towel, causing Seamus to drily remark, “I thought you were making us hamburgers, John, but it looks like we're getting wieners instead." - Kathy McKeon

These photographs were taken about a week before Carolyn accompanied John to his sister Caroline's birthday celebration as his date. Carole Radziwill
described the interaction in her book 'What Remains':

"A week later we are back in New York and at Caroline's apartment for her birthday. John makes an entrance with Carolyn. This is her official coming out. There have been rumors and sightings and John puts them all to rest here. Relaxed and dressed in black, she walks casually into the apartment beside him, holding his hand. They have been back together for a few months. Caroline hugs her brother warmly and hesitates for a brief moment before greeting his date, So nice to meet you. Her friends smile politely and then shift their focus to John.

I am sitting in the library, and the room, as it always does, shifts when she walks in, even if nobody notices it but It's an impenetrable circle, this room, it sometimes seems. I know what she's walking into.
There is a shared past here that is too intricate to explain. The kind of shared past that is communicated by winks, by facial expressions, by half-sentences-the short-cuts of intimacy. It is as if they stop talking when you walk in, and they do, in a way, because they speak to most outsiders in a ditterent manner.

I am an outsider here but a quiet one. I watch and adapt, but not Carolyn, I can see. She walks into this guarded room radiant and stubbornly original. Impulsively affectionate. She sees me immediately and smiles big. It's been two years, but we pick up as though our conversation had just been momentarily interrupted. ‘Oh, now where were we?’ We skip all the formalities and plunge right back in."

The photos were taken at Madison Square Garden on June 12, 1994.