Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s relationship is the central storyline in FX’s latest anthology series, Love Story. Amid the renewed attention over the late couple, who died in a plane crash in July 1999, many are wondering how old Carolyn was when she first met the man known as one of America’s most eligible bachelors of the 1990s.
Learn about JFK Jr. and Carolyn’s relationship here.
Although the future spouses met in 1992, they didn’t begin a serious relationship until 1994. About two years later, they got engaged.
Carolyn was 26 years old when she first met JFK Jr. in 1992 in Calvin Klein’s showroom in New York City while she was working for the company as a sales associate.
Carolyn was 33 years old when she died in July 1999.
John was 38 when he died.
John and Carolyn died in a plane crash in July 1999. At the time, the late lawyer was flying a small Piper Saratoga plane while he and his wife were on their way to his cousin Rory Kennedy’s wedding. Along the way, John was going to drop off Carolyn’s sister, Lauren Bessette, at Martha’s Vineyard, but they crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
