A member of the famed Kennedy family, Tatiana Schlossberg, succumbed on Tuesday following a recent disclosure of a uncommon leukemia diagnosis.
Family and Institution Shares News of the Loss
The sad news was shared in a online announcement by the Kennedy Presidential Library.
“Our beloved Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”
Understanding the Condition
Within a published essay this past fall, she disclosed that she had been diagnosed with a type of blood cancer with a uncommon variant.
Acute myeloid leukemia is a malignancy that affects the body's blood-forming tissues.
Her loved ones asks for privacy during this time as they grieve.