George Moran, the physician husband of Tatiana Schlossberg—granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy—now faces life as a widower and single parent after her devastating death from blood cancer at just 35.
Moran is left to raise their two young children, three-year-old Edwin and one-year-old Josephine, while navigating profound grief and the demands of his medical career. The family announced Schlossberg’s passing in a joint Instagram tribute, writing, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.
Only weeks earlier, Schlossberg had shared a deeply personal essay in The New Yorker, revealing her terminal diagnosis and reflecting on love, fear, and loss. In the piece, published on the anniversary of her grandfather’s assassination, she praised Moran’s unwavering devotion—sleeping on hospital floors, managing doctors and insurance, caring for their children, and returning each night with dinner.
Schlossberg detailed the shocking onset of her illness, which began during pregnancy despite her feeling healthy and active. She was ultimately diagnosed with a rare and aggressive mutation, underwent extensive treatment, including chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and experimental CAR-T therapy, and was later told she had just a year to live.
The couple married in 2017 at the Kennedy compound on Martha’s Vineyard. Schlossberg’s death marks another profound loss for her mother, Caroline Kennedy, whose life has been shaped by repeated family tragedies.
In her final essay, Schlossberg wrote candidly of her sorrow—not only for herself, but for the pain her illness brought to those she loved. Her words, like her life, continue to resonate with grace, honesty, and heartbreaking clarity.