July 16, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary ofJohn F. Kennedy Jr.’s tragic death. As the anniversary looms, Kennedy’s former colleagues and a few friends remember their fondest memories of the beloved son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and his political magazineGeorge.
“And so began the best job and the best years of my life,” she writes in the piece, which includes personal stories from Cindy Crawford, Robert De Niro, Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter.
Caroline Kennedy, John F Kennedy Jr., Jaqueline Kennedy.LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Crawford, 53, wasGeorge‘s first cover star in 1995, dressed as George Washington with a bare midriff.
“I remember I was staying at the Hotel Bel-Air and getting a message that John called,” Crawford toldTHR. After she said “yes” to appearing on the cover, she found out they wanted her to dress up like George Washington.
“I was like, ‘Oh, OK, that’s interesting,'” she recalled. “At one point we decided to cut off the shirt, and it was like, ‘Yes!’ We’re doing George Washington, but it’s with a wink, you know? — with my midriff showing. … Sometimes I’ll see a special on John, and they’ll show when he revealed the cover, and I think, ‘OK, that was pretty cool that he chose me as his first cover.'”
John F. Kennedy Jr.Barry King/WireImage
“I just did it, you know? They must have told me about the sword,” De Niro recalled with a laugh. “He lived around the corner from me.”
De Niro admitted that they didn’t spend much time together, but ran into each other from time to time.
“I remember I asked him once, ‘I’d like to see your family’s property in Martha’s Vineyard,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, sure.’ And I went to see it in the fall sometime. I just was always curious about that little beach property, beautiful on the water. It was a nice thing for him to do.”
source: people.com
