America's Lost Son

It was ten years ago today, 7/16/1999 that we lost John F. Kennedy Jr. He was killed along with his wife and sister-in-law, in a terrible plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts. At first, his plane was just missing, which sparked a huge search and rescue effort by the Coast Guard and Navy and of course, sparked up Uncle Ted and the started the entire Kennedy Curse over again.

Affectionately known by the media as John-John, he was born just 16 days into his famous fathers presidency. The iconic photo of him saluting his fathers coffin is still fresh to some, as is the photo of him and Carolyn on their wedding day.

His political magazine, George, was ahead of it's time. Although it failed as a magazine, it would have been a great Pre-Huffington Post/Drudgereport website.

Named the Sexiest Man of the Year by People Magazine in 1988, he was the first non-actor to be named so and sadly, is the only one to have died.

His death is tragic because he was just beginning to shed the image of an impossible childhood and wild youth. He was really coming in to his own and who knows what he might have accomplished in his later wiser years. R.I.P JFK, Jr.

Note: His wife's family sued the Kennedy's for wrongful death and were rumored to have gotten over $50 million in settlement.

John and Carolyn in 1996