Anonymous ID: 667f96 July 15, 2019, 4:09 p.m. No.9720   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9747

EXCLUSIVE: Carole Radziwill reflects on losing John Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn on 20th anniversary of fatal plane crash as she reveals they had a date to dine on steak and peach pie and shares rare photos of their secret wedding

Real Housewife Carole Radziwill, the daughter-in-law of Jackie Kennedy's sister Lee Radizwill, married Lee's son Anthony Radziwill in 1994

The 55-year-old was close friends with Anthony's cousin John Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn, who tragically died in a plane crash on July 16, 1999

Carole's husband Anthony died just weeks later after a years-long battle with cancer

Radziwill revealed she was set to join John Jr and Carolyn that weekend, saying: 'The plan, for July 18, was grilled steaks and peach pie'

The journalist reflects on losing them so young, writing: 'It was a simple accident. A single engine plane fell out of the sky into the ocean'

'All of them gone when they were just beginning to form lives. At an age when people lock in careers or start families, find their faith, their purpose, their bliss'

Radziwill shared intimate family photos of John Jr and Carolyn's secret wedding on Cumberland Island, a secluded spot off the coast of Georgia

Carole Radziwill was the daughter-in-law of Lee Radizwill, the sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Carole married Lee's son Anthony in 1994 after the two worked as producers for ABC News. Following Anthony's death due to sarcoma cancer in 1999, Carole continued her journalism career and in 2011 joined the cast of The Real Housewives of New York City.

The 55-year-old was featured in the main cast for seasons 5-10. She announced her departure in July of 2018, along with her plans to return to journalism. Carole is currently working on a memoir picking up where her 2005 book What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love left off through Real Housewives of New York City and today.

Here, in this DailyMail.com exclusive essay, she writes about the deaths of her closest friends - her late husband's cousin John Kennedy, his wife Carolyn and her older sister Lauren Bessette on the 20th anniversary of the tragic plane crash. She is featured in a A&E documentary on the tragic Kennedy prince airing Tuesday, July 16 at 9 pm EST

 

 

I wrote a book several years ago, because I experienced personal trauma in my life. I had pain, and I wrote it down. I started my story on July 16, 1999, because there was no other place to begin.

On that day, just before midnight, a small plane went into the ocean and three people died. They were all close to me. At the time, my lifeline. My husband's cousin, John Kennedy; his wife, Carolyn, my closest friend, and her older sister Lauren Bessette. I lost everything that night, I wasn't the only one.

We all lost something. It was personal for me, and for their friends and family, but it was also bigger.

1999 was the end of an era. The end of a century. It was the end of an innocence we didn't even know we had. A time before tweets, posts and status updates. Before Instagram influencers, before everyone carried a 24/7 never-ending font of information in their hands.

Before the dubious fame and spoils of non-stop reality TV, there was 1999 — it was before the world was prepared to crash from Y2K computer glitches. It was before John and Carolyn died.

 

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Real Housewife Carole Radziwill, the daughter-in-law of Lee Radizwill, the sister of Jackie Kennedy, married Lee's son Anthony Radziwill in 1994 The 55-year-old was close friends with Anthony's cousin John Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn, who tragically died in a plane crash on July 16, 1999 The journalist reflects on losing them so young, writing: 'It was a simple accident. A single engine plane fell out of the sky into the ocean'. Pictured: Carole with her late husband Anthony Radziwill (left) and John Kennedy Jr (right

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7248681/Carole-Radziwill-reflects-John-Kennedy-Jr-Carolyn-20th-anniversary-plane-crash.html