Here’s if Carolyn Bessette’s Family Received Any Money After JFK Jr. Left Most of His Will to His Wife Before Their Fatal Plane Crash
With Ryan Murphy’s Love Story airing on Hulu, all eyes are back on John F Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette‘s tragic story.
Carolyn Bessette married John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1996 after they started dating in 1994. During their life, they were scrutinized by the media since he was a big New York socialite as well as having to bear the fame of being the only son of the late President John F. Kennedy. The couple, alongside her sister Lauren, were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard on July 16, 1999, on their way to a wedding.
What was Carolyn Bessette’s net worth?
While Carolyn Bessette’s net worth isn’t known, it’s believed that she shared her wealth with her husband John F. Kennedy Jr. whose net worth was estimated at $30M. She worked as a publicist for Calvin Klein in the years leading up to her death.
JFK Jr. named Carolyn to inherit his estate if he died. “I give all my tangible property (as distinguished from money, securities, and the like), wherever located, other than my scrimshaw set previously owned by my father, to my wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy,” it read.
“I give and devise all my interest in my cooperative apartment located at 20-26 Moore Street, Apartment 9E, in said New York, including all my shares therein and any proprietary leases with respect thereto, to my said wife, Carolyn.’” If Carolyn were also to die—which she did—John’s sister Caroline and her children were next in line to inherit his personal possessions.
Carolyn and Lauren Bessette’s family sued the Kennedy family for wrongful death and were awarded $15m. JFK Jr.’s sister Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg paid their family from the sum from the money she received from her brother’s 50 percent stake in George magazine, which was sold to the publishing group Hachete, according to the Telegraph.
