Overview
- Caroline Kennedy paid tribute to her daughter Tatiana Schlossberg during the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony on May 31, 2026, marking her first public remarks about Tatiana’s death.
- Tatiana Schlossberg died on December 30, 2025, at age 35 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia that she disclosed in a New Yorker essay in November 2025.
- An environmental journalist who served on the JFK Library Foundation board, Tatiana is survived by her husband George Moran and their two children, Edwin and Josephine.
- The May 31 event honored former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and the people of the Twin Cities, and Kennedy went on to present the 2026 Profile in Courage Awards after her tribute.
- The public remembrance tied the family’s private loss to the foundation’s work and renewed attention to Tatiana’s writing about cancer, her medical journey and her family’s commitment to carry forward her legacy.