Jack Schlossberg Honors Sister Tatiana Schlossberg by Quoting Her Book Days After Her Death
Jack Schlossberg is remembering his older sister, Tatiana Schlossberg, by sharing her words — and her spirit — just days after her death at age 35.
Tatiana Schlossberg died on December 30, only weeks after publicly revealing that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Her diagnosis was shared in a deeply personal essay published in The New Yorker, where she reflected on illness, family, and the fragility of time.
A Quiet, Powerful Tribute
On Monday, January 5, Jack shared a moving tribute on Instagram, captioned simply with a single flower emoji. The post featured a series of quotations from writers, thinkers, and public figures — beginning with an excerpt from Tatiana’s own 2022 book, Inconspicuous Consumption.
In the passage, Tatiana wrote about environmental responsibility and moral obligation, acknowledging the difficulty of meaningful change while urging perseverance:
“It’s up to us to create a country that takes seriously its obligations to the planet, to each other, and to the people who will be born into a world that looks different than ours has for the last 10,000 years or so…
Essentially, what I’m describing is hard work with possibly limited success for the rest of your life. But we have to do it.”
She ended the reflection with a line that now carries added weight: “Come on, it will be fun (?).”
The same quote was also shared by the JFK Library Foundation, alongside a rare family photo of Tatiana with her husband, George Moran, and their two young children.
Remembering Her Through Laughter
Jack’s post also included quotations from historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Robert Frost, and their grandfather, John F. Kennedy.
The JFK quote focused on the enduring importance of humor and humanity:
“There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.”
The final image in the post showed Jack and Tatiana standing together at a January 2011 event at the U.S. Capitol, smiling with their right hands placed over their hearts — a moment of shared joy now preserved as a memory.
Family, Loss, and Love
Tatiana Schlossberg was the middle child of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, and the granddaughter of President Kennedy. She is survived by her husband and their two children — a son, Edwin, 3, and a daughter, Josephine, 1.
Jack Schlossberg, 32, had publicly supported his sister after she revealed her diagnosis, sharing her essay and excerpts from it on social media. In that essay, Tatiana wrote movingly about the role her family played during her illness.
“My parents and my brother and sister, too, have been raising my children and sitting in my various hospital rooms almost every day for the last year and a half,” she wrote.
“They have held my hand unflinchingly while I have suffered.”
She described their presence as “a great gift,” even as she acknowledged the pain they shared alongside her.
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A Legacy in Words
Through his tribute, Jack Schlossberg chose not to speak for his sister, but instead to let her voice lead — preserving her ideas, her values, and her sense of humor.
In quoting Tatiana’s own writing and honoring the laughter they shared, the post offered a quiet reminder that while her life was cut short, her words — and the principles she lived by — endure.
