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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Louise Bonquin

Why Doctors Asked Tatiana Schlossberg if She Spent Time at Ground Zero After Her Myeloid Leukaemia Diagnosis

Tatiana Schlossberg has died at the age of 35, just a month after revealing her cancer diagnosis in November this year. The granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy and the daughter of Caroline Kennedy passed away following a brave battle with acute myeloid leukaemia, which is an aggressive type of blood cancer.

The Kennedy family confirmed in a social media post that the respected environmental journalist and author had passed away in the morning of 30 December 2025. Her passing brought back the spotlight on her medical journey, which she shared through her essay published on The New Yorker on 22 November 2025 and titled 'A Battle With My Blood.' In it, she revealed that one of the first questions doctors asked her was if she ever spent time at Ground Zero in New York.

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