John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on November 25, 1960 in Washington D.C. to John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. Three weeks before his birth, his father was elected President of the United States. The nation loved little John. The press dubbed him John-John but his family called him John. Even as a toddler he loved to fly. On his third birthday his father was buried and he gave him a salute. After that Jackie actually had a birthday party for him. About a month later he moved out of the White House and into a 15 room apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City. He went to a private school and then another one. When he was around 6 his uncle Robert Kennedy was assassinated while running for president. He was like a father to John and Caroline, a fact that Ethel - who had nine children with him - did not like. A few years later John's mother married Greek shipping magnet Aristotle Socrates (Ari) Onasis. He virtually played no part in John's life because John hardly saw him - Ari died in 1975. John went on to high school and then decided to go to Brown University in Rhode Island. He graduated and, after his mother said no to being an actor, went to law school and became an assistant DA. During this time he was dating actress Daryl Hannah. In 1995 Jackie O. died of non Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, and John broke up with Hannah. In 1996 he married Carolyn Bessette on an Island in Georgia. She was very shy and that did not bode well because they were constantly being photographed. On July 16th, 1999, John, Carolyn and her sister Lauren were heading to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts to drop Lauren off and then John and Carolyn were going to the Kennedy Compound for the wedding of his cousin Rory (Robert's youngest daughter, she was born after he died). It was foggy and several miles outside of Martha's Vineyard the plane crashed, killing all three of them. The bodies of the women were found near the wreckage, but John's body was found in the pilot's seat. All through his life his mother limited his contact with the Kennedy's. She did not want him and his sister to grow up that way. She wanted them to grow up as normally as was humanly possible even though John needed a secret service person till he was 16 years old.


Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue) Longtime boyfriend of Daryl Hannah. Voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 1988. Has been on over 15 People Magazine covers. Had a pilot's license. Son of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. Nephew of Ethel Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy. Brother of Caroline Kennedy and uncle to her children, Rose and Tatiana. Cousin of Maria Shriver, Christopher Lawford, Anthony Radziwill and Tina Radziwill. . 1979 graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover. After his birth, the Internal Revenue Service issued a press release announcing that the president could now take an additional $600 deduction on their 1960 tax return. Got his first paying job at the age of 24, as a $20,000-a-year assistant to the New York Commissioner of Business Development. Had a fear of having his pocket picked, so he always attached his wallet to his pants with a chain. Researching his role as editor in chief of George, Kennedy attended a three-day seminar called "Starting Your Own Magazine." Was 3/4 Irish and 1/4 French in ethnic descent. On September 7, 1995, Cindy Crawford appeared on the first cover of his short-lived magazine "George" attired as George Washington in a white wig and revolutionary garb John, his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren were all cremated and their ashes scattered off the coast of Martha's Vineyard from the USS John F. Kennedy Naval ship, where the ship was on training duty. Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 314-316. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. His death caused a permanent change to be made in the premiere episode of Futurama. When it was originally aired, a character referred to "JFK Jr. Memorial Airport," a reference to New York's JFK Airport being named for his father. After his death, the reference was changed to "Radio City Mutant Hall."