Even though he died when Caroline was quite young, he had a huge impact on her life.
She recalled him being afraid of dropping his baby and hesitant to give Caroline her bottle.
She seemed to love him from the very beginning."
The bond between father and daughter was a strong and irreplaceable one.
“He loved her and she adored him,” said Shaw.
“There was nobody like him, her father to her.”
“Mrs. Kennedy wished it that way,” she recalled.
Even after moving into the White House, Caroline led a structured life.
One famous image shows a young Caroline Kennedyhiding under his desk.
He was dead within minutes, and the nation plummeted into grief.
Caroline Kennedy was just five years old when her father died.
The little girl asked her what was wrong.
“I took her in my arms,” recalled Shaw.
“‘I can’t help crying, Caroline, because I have some very sad news.’
Then I told her.
It was a dreadful time for us both.
Eventually she fell asleep while I sat on the bed, still patting her.
At last I tiptoed from the room, leaving the door open just a crack, as always.”
He spent a lot of time with Caroline and her brother and was fond of giving them piggyback rides.
“It was a very sad day, it was a sad day for everybody,” said McKeon.
Another Kennedy brother, Edward, did his best to look out for JFK’s children.
When Caroline Kennedy got married, it was her uncle who gave her away.
Does Caroline Kennedy believe in the conspiracy theories around her dad’s death?
Nevertheless, there are a lot of conspiracy theories about what happened on that ill-fated fall day in 1963.
The Kennedy family has veered away from the conjecture, though.
“They continue to do so today.”
In 2019, she spoke in Florida as part of a lecture series.
She is the only living child of JFK
The Kennedy family has endured a lot of tragedy.
JFK suffered a number of heartbreaking losses during his own life.
The following year, she gave birth to a stillborn baby.
Caroline was born in 1957, and John F. Kennedy, Jr. came along in 1960.
They alleged that JFK’s secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, had stolen items belonging to the late president.
“They now belong to our family, to history, and to the American people.”
Jack is a nickname, and one that was used by John F. Kennedy himself, per theU.S.
Whatever he does, he’s certain to honor his late granddad.
“I’m inspired by my family’s legacy of public service.
It’s something that I’m very proud of,” he once said on “Today.”
