Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the 35th U.S. president, succumbed on Tuesday following a recent revelation of a rare leukemia diagnosis.
Family and Institution Confirm the Sad News
News of her death was confirmed in a online announcement by the Kennedy Presidential Library.
“Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”
Details of the Illness
As detailed in a personal essay in November, she disclosed that she had been found to have a type of blood cancer with a rare mutation.
Acute myeloid leukemia is a malignancy that targets the blood and bone marrow.
The family has requested privacy as they mourn this profound loss.