Carolyn & John in Hyannis Port
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Carolyn and John on the Hyannis Port dock
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A young Carolyn Bessette with her friends.
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24 years ago yesterday, we lost JFK Jr, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren.
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She was wild and vivid in a cautious and pale world, always burning a little more brightly than anyone around her. Her husband was beguiled by the dazzle she left in her wake. She made people into happier, bolder versions of themselves. She made her husband into a better man - Carole Radziwill
Carolyn was as charismatic as John was. Charisma, you know, was once a theological term meaning 'grace’! And she had that. I was also impressed with the fact that she was a bit eccentric. She was not conventional in any sense. She reminded me of Jackie in her quirkiness and in her unbelievable capacity to engage one's attention. Carolyn had Jackie's ability to be talking to six people at one time, and make everyone feel like the only one in the room - John Perry Barlow
Bam! In walks the hottest girl I'd ever seen in my life. Tall, bright blond, in loose-fitting jeans and a big blue shirt, she literally glowed. She said hello and turned to John. From somewhere, he pulled out a cigarette-a sure sign he was a wreck because he rarely smoked. Carolyn whipped out her lighter, a Zippo with the words BLUE EYES engraved on it, and lit John's cigarette. She told us she'd gotten the lighter from an old boyfriend, which made me think of roadkill. I asked her, pretending fear, "What happened to him?" She laughed sweetly. I learned later that Carolyn was completely aware of the effect she had on people and chose to disarm or disturb them as she saw fit. That night she chose to leave me hanging. I had trouble looking her in the eye - Robert Littell
Happy (belated) Heavenly Birthday to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. She would’ve been 57 yesterday!
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The media's obsession with starting a smear campaign against women has been around for far too long.
Also, boomers stay dragging Carolyn 24 years after her death, just because they think she wasn't worthy of a Kennedy. Carolyn Bessette, I will always defend you.
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