Anonymous ID: 91616f July 21, 2026, 12:41 p.m. No.24852627   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Saturday, July 10: The weekend was spent with Christiane Amanpour, James Rubin, Anthony, and Carole Radziwill. “We spent the days on the beach and had fun dinners,” Carole recalled. “Except for the dying, it was a weekend like any other, with great friends and laughs and good food.” Christiane and Jamie provided them with a break and lightened the moment.

 

Evening: The couples headed out in “the Goat”, John’s Pontiac GTO convertible to go for drinks at a couple of island bars, the Wharf and Lamppost. Anthony did not join them because he was too weak. From Sons of Camelot: "John didn't like to frequent the restaurants and clubs on the island very often, since the experience almost always turned unpleasant, with one photographer or another sticking his camera at Carolyn. Saturday evening, though, the two couples headed out in "the Goat," John's beloved 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible, to go for drinks at a couple of island bars, the Wharf and the Lamppost. For once people left them alone.

 

"Kissy, are you pregnant?" John asked, as they sat drinking margaritas.

 

"No, why?" Christiane asked

 

"Because you're not smoking," John said.

 

"We're trying."

 

"Oh, don't get pregnant, Kissy," Carolyn said jokingly to Christiane, "or I'll have to get pregnant."

 

At the end of the weekend, John hit the road again in search of a new publishing partner to replace Hachette. During his travels, John made sure to call Carole late every night to check in on Anthony.

 

Elizabeth Beller wrote that "ON JULY 10, THERE was a long-scheduled dinner planned with all the Bessette women, including Lauren, Carolyn, Lisa, their aunts, and their cousins, at a restaurant in downtown Manhattan. The gathering took place, but Carolyn had to cancel at the last minute, explaining that they were moving Anthony into Red Gate Farm on the Vineyard at the end of that weekend."

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