The granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, Tatiana Schlossberg, succumbs at age 35.

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the 35th U.S. president, passed away this week after a November revelation of a rare blood cancer diagnosis.

Family and Institution Announces the Sad News

News of her death was confirmed in a public statement by the Kennedy Presidential Library.

“Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”

Insight into the Illness

As detailed in a recently published piece this past fall, Schlossberg revealed that she had been suffering from AML, a form of leukemia with a rare mutation.

Acute myeloid leukemia is a malignancy that affects the body's blood-forming tissues.

Those close to her has requested privacy as they mourn this profound loss.