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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy (January 7, 1966 - July 16, 1999) was the daughter of William J. Bessette and his wife, née Ann Messina . She and her sister Lauren Bessette died when an aircraft piloted by Carolyn's husband John F. Kennedy, Jr. crashed in the sea near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Their ashes were buried at sea on July 22, 1999.
She was born in White Plains, Westchester Co., New York, and educated at Boston University. She married John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. on September 21, 1996 on Cumberland Island, Georgia .
As soon as she and her then future husband John Jr. began dating, she became the subject of several gossip newspapers; she would be in tabloid headlines for the rest of her life. A Calvin Klein underwear model named Michael Bergin claims that Carolyn Bessette had an affair with him.
She became a style icon for women all around the world with her effortless chic look, second only to her mother-in-law Jackie O.
Carolyn Kennedy should not be confused with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the sister of John F. Kennedy, Jr.