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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999

American publicist and socialite (1966–1999)

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Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was an American fashion publicist. Raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, she graduated from Boston University and joined Calvin Klein, where she rose from a sales position in Boston to publicity and show-production roles in New York. In 1996, she married attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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  • Birthday · January 7
  • Anniversary · July 16

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