Nancy Sinatra shares emotional message for Tatiana Schlossberg: 'Another tragedy'

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: Singer Nancy Sinatra paid heartfelt tribute to Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, who passed away at the age of 35.

In a moving statement shared publicly, Nancy acknowledged the profound sorrow that Schlossberg’s death has brought to the Kennedy family. 

Schlossberg, who passed away on Wednesday, December 30, was the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, and an accomplished environmental journalist, widely recognized for her insightful writing and steadfast dedication to reporting on critical global issues.

Nancy Sinatra speaks on the loss of Tatiana Schlossberg

Beginning her post on X, Nancy said, “Another tragedy for the Kennedy family.” She then shared a quote from Schlossberg’s published essay in The New Yorker announcing her diagnosis, which was released exactly 62 years to the day after Kennedy’s assassination.

In the essay, Schlossberg wrote, “For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry.”

Schlossberg went on to express the deep anguish she felt over the impact of her illness on her loved ones, adding, “Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family's life and there's nothing I can do to stop it.”

Schlossberg, revealed in the essay that she learned of her acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis in May 2024, just weeks after welcoming her second child.

She recounted enduring aggressive treatments such as chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants, and participation in an immunotherapy clinical trial, but wrote that the disease later returned and doctors ultimately told her she had approximately one year to live.

Caroline was only five years old when her father, Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The family endured another devastating loss in 1999, when her younger brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., was killed in a small plane crash.

Frank Sinatra’s close bond with JFK

Nancy’s father, the legendary singer Frank Sinatra, shared a close relationship with Kennedy. In the book 'JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier,' author Steven Watts shed light on the deep relationship between them.

Steven, in his book, writes that on the night before his inauguration, Kennedy took a moment to thank Sinatra for his work on the campaign, particularly for spearheading the evening’s concert, which featured major stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Kelly, and Nat King Cole. 

Sinatra was said to have organized the show and even bought out Broadway theaters that night so performers could travel to the stage in Washington, DC.

He also performed himself, delivering renditions of 'That Old Black Magic' and 'You Make Me Feel So Young,' and when seated in the audience, he occupied the presidential box beside Kennedy’s wife, Jacqueline.

Kennedy was quoted as saying, “We’re indebted to a great friend — Frank Sinatra. You cannot imagine the work he has done to make this show a success.”