hated John”: J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs—John, Caroline, and the Third Generation: A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 240.
15 “raised to be President”: Peter Collier and David Horowitz, The Kennedys: An American Drama (New York: Summit Books, 1984), 346.
16 “remarkable experiment in eugenics”: Collier and Horowitz, The Kennedys, 355–56.
17 “the most Kennedy”: Barbara Matusow, “Bobby’s Children Showed the Best, Worst of Family,” Sun-Sentinel, November 17, 1988.
18 “You’re not Kennedys, you’re only Shrivers”: Collier and Horowitz, The Kennedys, 341.
19 “endure as a Kennedy”: William D. Cohan, “You Don’t Just Wallow in Death. You Move on. You Hold it Inside”: The Struggle of John F. Kennedy Jr, American Prince,” Vanity Fair, July 7, 2019.
20 “her two miracles”: R. W. Apple Jr., “Death of a First Lady: The Overview; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Is Buried. New York Times, May 24, 1994.
21 “Ultimate Beautiful Person”: Cohan, “You Don’t Just Wallow in Death.”
22 “ordinary person”: Cohan.
23 “Carolyn isn’t everything”: J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the Third Generation—A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 40.
24 “smoke and mirrors”: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs.
25 “definitely chased her”: Sarah Grossbart, “Inside the Heartbreakingly Tragic Final Days of John F. Kennedy Jr. Family Strife Financial Woes and Talk of Divorce,” E! News, January 4, 2019.
26 “enthralled with her”: Julie Miller, “Carolyn Bessette’s Fraught Final Summer.”
27 “held the proposal off”: Grossbart, “Inside the Heartbreakingly Tragic.”
28 “What’s John been doing”: Thomas, “Living with the Myth.”
29 “called my hotel”: Kate Storey, “The Inside Story of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s George Magazine,” Esquire, April 22, 2019.
30 “rollerblading with John”: Storey, “The Inside Story of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s George Magazine.”
31 “video was terrible”: Glynnis MacNichol, “Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy?” Town & Country, August 3, 2016.
32 Islanders gathered: Margo Harakas, “Preserving a Legacy,” Sun-Sentinel, April 22, 1999.
33 “If Mr. Kennedy wanted privacy”: Kevin Sack, “The Island That Kept a Wedding a Secret,” New York Times, September 26, 1996.
34 “fooled everybody”: Sack, “The Island That Kept a Wedding a Secret.”
35 “more security than wedding guests”: Leah Bourne, “#Throwback Thursday: Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy’s Jr. Truly Timeless Wedding,” StyleCaster.
36 “mysterious and female”: Ann Gerhart, “Bessette Tried to Avoid Kennedy Spotlight,” Washington Post, July 18, 1999.
37 “any privacy or room you could give”: MacNicol, “Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy?”
38 “JUST LEAVE HER ALONE”: MacNichol.
39 “We’re used to a certain degree of being watched”: “John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Life in the Spotlight,” Oprah.
40 “invited me on your show”: “John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Life in the Spotlight,” Oprah.
41 “born famous”: Nolasco, “John F. Kennedy Was ’Emotionally Devastated.’”
42 “see the paparazzi”: Miller, “Carolyn Bessette’s Fraught Final Summer.”
Chapter 57
1 US government to pay the Zapruder family: Michael E. Ruane, “As He Filmed Abraham Zapruder Knew Instantly That President Kennedy Was Dead,” Washington Post, November 21, 2013.
2 “John Cole”: Stacey Singer, “Students: Kennedy Took Safety Seriously,” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 19, 1999.
3 “Flight Safety Academy”: Edward Klein, The Kennedy Curse: Why America’s First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2003), 216.
4 “strict with me”: Singer, “Students: Kennedy Took Safety Seriously.”
5 “He told me his wife didn’t want him to do it”: Singer.
6 Flight training: National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, July 6, 2000.
7 “The only person”: Evan Thomas, “Living with the Myth,” Newsweek, July 25, 1999.
8 “I don’t trust him”: Thomas, “Living with the Myth.”
9 “exist without John?” Carl Swanson, “George Magazine Loses a ‘Yes’ Woman as Hachette Steps In,” Observer, January 18, 1999.
10 “content and in love”: J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the New Generation—A Legacy of Tragedy and Triumph (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 300.
11 “not the truth”: Julie Miller, “Carolyn Bessette’s Fraught Final Summer,” Vanity Fair, July 16, 2019.
12 “not going to sugarcoat”: Miller, “Carolyn Bessette’s Fraught Final Summer.”
13 “emotionally devastating”: Stephanie Nolasco, “John F. Kennedy Was ’Emotionally Devastated’ by His Cousin Anthony Radziwill’s Cancer Diagnosis, Says Pal,” Fox News, July 16, 2019.
14 “gone too far”: “Not a Lot of Love in Camelot,” Irish News (UK), November 13, 1999.
15 “not a priority”: Sara Stewart, “Carolyn’s Secret Torment,” New York Post, January 19, 2012.
16 “will be fun”: Klein, The Kennedy Curse, 220.
17 “enough to be dangerous”: Dale Russakoff and Lynne Duke, “JFK JR. Gave Up Copilot as Ankle Healed,” Washington Post, July 21, 1999.
18 “pilot was not ready”: National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, July 6, 2000.
19 “emotional ups and downs”: Elizabeth Wolff, “Inside JFK Jr.’s