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Background
Quite a bit ago a regurgitated story about how Princess Diane and J.F.K. Jr. had a secret meeting years ago made the rounds again. They were meeting in hopes that she would do a cover shoot for his magazine, George. (Matt Berman, whose book this post is about, recently posted a sketch that JFK Jr. presented to Diana at their meeting) It didn't happen but of course a meeting of two iconic people would make the news, even years later. Skimming the articles and reading comments about John and George and the 90s gave me a wave a nostalgia (as do most things these days), but also made me want to learn more about John.
I started with his wikipedia then onto other short articles, but they were filled with the same stories and thoughts except on who they considered the love of his life (the three main women of course being his longtime friend turned girlfriend, Christina Haag, actress Daryl Hannah, and Calvin Klein publicist Carolyn Bessette). There was one interesting fact I found: there is no audio recording of (his eventual wife) Bessette's voice. The public didn't know what she sounded like, which is so odd to me since they were so hounded by paparazzi, but I guess that was pre TMZ and camera phones. When filming Gone Girl, director David Fincher encouraged Rosamund Pike to base Amy Dunne on Bessette, but even with their resources they couldn't find any recordings. This ended up either being false or they didn't do their research well as a (brief) paparazzi video was later shown on this past Friday's TLC Special, so there is probably more.
