The granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, Tatiana Schlossberg, succumbs at age 35.

A member of the famed Kennedy family, Tatiana Schlossberg, passed away this week following a recent disclosure of a uncommon leukemia diagnosis.

Family and Institution Shares News of the Loss

News of her death was announced in a public statement from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”

Insight into the Illness

Within a published essay in November, she disclosed that she had been found to have acute myeloid leukemia with a specific genetic mutation.

Acute myeloid leukemia is a malignancy that targets the bone marrow and blood cells.

The family asks for privacy during this time as they cope with their sorrow.