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2 1999 John JFK Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette Special Tribute Magazines
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For five days in July, 1999, America was on the edge of its seat -- and on the fifth day, the nation's heart broke.
On July 16, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette had taken flight from New Jersey in Kennedy's small Piper Saratoga plane en route to Massachusetts for his cousin Rory's wedding -- and seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
On July 21, the worst fears of Americans and Kennedy fans around the globe were realized. The three bodies were retrieved by U.S. Navy divers from the broken plane on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
“It was earth-shattering,” Kennedy's personal assistant and ABC News consultant Rose Marie Terenzio said. “It was unbelievable. It was as if the earth had cracked in half somehow. And I could not understand how this could happen. To him of all people.”
The tragic plane crash brought an all-too-soon end to a remarkable public life that began playing out when Kennedy was only a small child.
Three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr.'s heartbreaking and iconic salute to his murdered father, President John F. Kennedy, on Nov. 25, 1963 is seared into the nation's collective memory. From that day forward, Kennedy became something of a living national treasure.
“That is the moment when John Kennedy Jr. became who he was,” said Paul Wilmot, who knew him.
This listing is for 2 1999/2000 Life magazines that feature John Kennedy Jr on the cover. One of the magazines has a fold out cover that also includes Carolyn Bessette on the cover. This was a SPECIAL issue.
The two magazines are:
1. August 1999 SpecialEdition of Life Magazine ~ Iconic John in the salute photo that the whole worldhas seen. Oh, my gosh, this is a great issue! Unpublished photos andremembrances! Very touching.
Also in the issue:
January 2000 Special Edition Life Magazine ~ chronicling a year gone by, LIFE magazine's January issue, "The Year in Pictures," captures some of 1999's most unforgettable images: the impeachment hearings of a president, the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo, the retirement of hockey's "Great One", the rise of a Latin star, the bloodiest school shooting in the nation's history, the women soccer team's World Championship, and the death of a glorious young couple John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
To understand the personal impact of 1999's news events, LIFE tells the stories of two individuals and one community caught up in disaster. Patrick Ireland, the boy who flung himself out of the window at Columbine High School after he was shot by fellow students, talks about his recovery-and his family writes a heartfelt "thank you" to his rescuers. Six-year-old Zyrjete Korqa, who fled Kosovo to find refuge in the U.S., tells us about her new life in Washington State. And the congregation of a church devastated by Hurricane Floyd shows that an old movie theater can become a place of worship.
The issue also features President Clinton's hopes for the new millennium. The President, moved by his visit to U.S. troops stationed in Kosovo, writes that the greatest challenge facing the next millennium is to overcome hate. "As we cross the threshold into this amazing third millennium, with its bold promise of answers to so many of our greatest challenges, humanity's greatest challenge remains its oldest one: how to overcome our fear of those who are different," says President Clinton.
To keep the Millennium in perspective, this issue includes a photo essay on the meaning of time: When the clock strikes midnight on December 31, it will be...2543 if you're a Buddhist, 1420 for Muslims, 5119 for Mayans, and 5670 according to Hebrew text. For those of us who still believe it's the end of the century, Bob Greene's monthly column reminisces about the past, and looks to the new millennium for new beginnings.
The January issue offers a fond farewell to those who died in 1999 -- luminaries such as Joe DiMaggio, Stanley Kubrick, George C. Scott, Walter Payton, Wilt Chamberlain, Yehudi Menuhin, Saul Steinberg, Dusty Springfield, Harry Blackmun, Mel Tormé, and Payne Stewart.
Magazine is in near mint, like new collectible condition! Inserts still intact. There is not a label, and no residue from one. NEWS STAND ISSUE.
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