Wonderfully written. I hope you’re doing well and am sad you dealt with personal tragedy so young but it’s beautiful you were able to help so many people as a result.
1999 was a remarkable time and I appreciated all the small details you included — there’s something about John in particular that will always call back to the innocence of that time. Thank you!
What a beautiful memorial to your youthful summer, George, John Kennedy Jr., 1999, the whole shebang. Thank you for sharing this. You brought me right back to 1999 with your memories of Elizabeth Wurtzel, Cindy Adams, the 1/9, and the days when all interns were heirs who didn't need to earn money over the summer to go back to college. And most especially, the days when telephones were the most important way that information traveled.
One of the features of John Kennedy Jr.'s death that I thought was most appalling was that he not only killed his wife too by insisting that he fly them up to Hyannis Port, but he also killed her sister--thus destroying an entire family's future. Imagine the agony of their parents. The men in that family really used up their wives and/or abused or killed them (or other women, Mary Jo Kopechne).
Thanks for your kind words! I always wondered what in the world Rory Kennedy's wedding must've been like. There was an absolutely terrible film called Evening about 15 years ago with Glenn Close that had a somewhat similar plot involving a family death the weekend of a wedding.
Wonderfully written. I hope you’re doing well and am sad you dealt with personal tragedy so young but it’s beautiful you were able to help so many people as a result.
1999 was a remarkable time and I appreciated all the small details you included — there’s something about John in particular that will always call back to the innocence of that time. Thank you!
Beautiful writing. Your empathy for the callers is such a lovely note of grace.
What a beautiful memorial to your youthful summer, George, John Kennedy Jr., 1999, the whole shebang. Thank you for sharing this. You brought me right back to 1999 with your memories of Elizabeth Wurtzel, Cindy Adams, the 1/9, and the days when all interns were heirs who didn't need to earn money over the summer to go back to college. And most especially, the days when telephones were the most important way that information traveled.
One of the features of John Kennedy Jr.'s death that I thought was most appalling was that he not only killed his wife too by insisting that he fly them up to Hyannis Port, but he also killed her sister--thus destroying an entire family's future. Imagine the agony of their parents. The men in that family really used up their wives and/or abused or killed them (or other women, Mary Jo Kopechne).
Thanks for your kind words! I always wondered what in the world Rory Kennedy's wedding must've been like. There was an absolutely terrible film called Evening about 15 years ago with Glenn Close that had a somewhat similar plot involving a family death the weekend of a wedding.