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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

1966 - 1999

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Carolyn Jeanne Bessette Kennedy (née Bessette; January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense became the subjects of intense media scrutiny afterwards. The couple, along with her older sister Lauren, died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Carolyn Bessette Kennedy is the 773rd most popular companion, the 9,310th most popular biography from United States and the 17th most popular American Companion.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy is most famous for being the wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. and for her role as a fashion icon and public figure during the 1990s. She tragically died in a plane crash alongside her husband in 1999.

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Among companions, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ranks 773 out of 784. Before her are Suthida, Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, Christina Hvide, Eanflæd, Autumn Phillips, and Yasmine Pahlavi. After her are Happy Rockefeller, Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland, Sybilla of Normandy, Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, Ahad bint Abdullah, and Cynethryth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ranks 301. Before her are Roberto Gualtieri, Dexter Fletcher, Stéphane Demol, Delphine de Vigan, Wade Dominguez, and Kristin Otto. After her are Ryue Nishizawa, Niccolò Ammaniti, Franco Foda, Rob Witschge, Bruno Labbadia, and Bebel Gilberto. Among people deceased in 1999, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ranks 258. Before her are Charlie Byrd, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Basil Hume, Yakov Rylsky, Greg, and Roger Rio. After her are Guillermo Arellano, Alfred Raoul, Peter Seeberg, Jorge Góngora, Necil Kazım Akses, and Roberto Bussinello.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ranks 9,310 out of 20,380. Before her are Amiri Baraka (1934), Dean Cundey (1946), Tracy Austin (1962), and Clark Clifford (1906). After her are Adelaide Ames (1900), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Sasha Mitchell (1967), Talia Balsam (1959), Lynn Collins (1977), Bill Moseley (1951), King Kong Bundy (1955), and Christopher Paolini (1983).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ranks 17. Before her are Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Rachel Jackson (1767), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), Martha Jefferson (1748), and Karen Pence (1957). After her are Happy Rockefeller (1926), and Ann Romney (1949).

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