Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the 35th U.S. president, succumbed on Tuesday after a recent revelation of a rare blood cancer diagnosis.
The Kennedy Library Shares News of the Sad News
The sad news was announced in a social media post by the Kennedy Presidential Library.
“Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”
Understanding the Illness
As detailed in a recently published piece this past fall, Schlossberg revealed that she had been found to have a type of blood cancer with a specific genetic mutation.
Acute myeloid leukemia is a disease that affects the body's blood-forming tissues.
The family has requested privacy as they grieve.
