What if jfk jr had lived

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Two decades after Kennedy died in a plane crash with his wife and sister-in-law, Terenzio imagines what might have been for the son of former president John F. John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy. As he grew up, his every move drew the attention of the media and the public. He was photographed constantly as he navigated his way through the streets of New York City on foot, by subway and weaving through traffic on his bike.

No matter how many photographs or videos were taken, the public could never get enough of the dashing young man who, amidst all the chaos, had a humble grace about him. He was a man who understood that his legacy was linked to the generation who came before him — that of his late father, President John F. He symbolized, for a grieving nation, the hope and future of America. John possessed the character that would have made him a great presidential candidate.

In the meantime, the lore goes, Kennedy has been in hiding, disguised as a middle-aged, fedora-wearing financial services manager from Pittsburgh named Vincent Fusca. Yes or No?

How did you survive the plane crash? Or was it faked? Fact-checkers from Snopes had tackled this older strain of the conspiracy when it spread during the election, pointing to a New York Daily News article in an effort to debunk it. But he was clearly thinking about it. He talked to a few people about it. Gillon, a classmate of John's at Brown University who was later a contributing editor at George , told InStyle in But so averse to public and press attention was she, that little exists of Carolyn in her own words; there are no recordings, she never spoke publicly, she didn't do a single interview.

There are only images of her captured at events, or by the paparazzi who stalked her relentlessly. The tabloid coverage was so intense that Carolyn was once splashed across the front page of a newspaper scooping up dog waste the couple had a dog named Friday. Upon Carolyn's request, the couple married in a clandestine ceremony on a tiny island off the coast of Georgia in September , with only their closest friends and family members attending.

Carolyn wore a crepe silk slip dress created by former Calvin Klein designer Narciso Rodriguez. Shortly after their wedding, they made their debut as husband and wife on the steps of their apartment in Tribeca, with JFK Jr pleading with the press to give them privacy - Carolyn was a private citizen after all, and wanted to remain that way.

But the media scrutiny only intensified, with paparazzi camping outside their home, causing Carolyn to retreat from public life. Her absence only spurred speculation about the state of her relationship with Kennedy Jr, with the tabloids alleging that he was cheating, she was cheating, she was using drugs, she didn't want to start a family, that their marriage was in crisis. They fabricated her into a humourless ice queen, a sullen, miserable wife - all the sexist, stereotypical tropes too often attributed to women in the public eye.

It was also reported that Carolyn felt like an outsider among the oppressive presence of the Kennedy family, and didn't want to spend time with them. Kennedy has so far been overlooked in the current trend for 90s revisionism, in which we look back at the way we treated celebrities then badly.

This is surprising, especially with all the current focus on Harry and Meghan, and the personal and public pressure they feel, and the cruelty of the press towards them. Well, let me introduce you to Kennedy and his late wife, Carolyn Bessette, who lived all that and more.

Kennedy often spoke about the stresses endured by any woman photographed with him. These pressures were embodied by his wife; photos of Bessette, looking haunted and hunted, clutching her Calvin Klein coat protectively around her while the press pack chased behind, became as much a staple of the 90s New York tabloids as gossip about who Jerry Seinfeld was dating.