George Moran, Widower of Tatiana Schlossberg, Breaks Silence: “Learning How to Breathe Again Without the Center of My World”

By Alexandra Hayes, Staff Writer New York – January 9, 2026

In the quiet weeks following the death of his wife, Tatiana Schlossberg—the environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy—Dr. George Moran has remained largely silent, shielding his young family from the intense public scrutiny that accompanies Kennedy tragedies. But in private conversations with close family and friends, Moran, 36, a urologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, has begun to articulate the profound void left by Schlossberg’s passing on December 30, 2025, at age 35 from acute myeloid leukemia.

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“When George finally spoke, it wasn’t about loss — it was about learning how to breathe again without her,” a family source shared exclusively with The Times. Those raw words capture the essence of Moran’s grief: not a dramatic collapse, but a daily, quiet struggle to endure for the sake of their two children, Edwin, 3, and Josephine, 1.

Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive mutation of acute myeloid leukemia just hours after giving birth to Josephine in May 2024. In a poignant New Yorker essay published November 22, 2025, she detailed the shock: “I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick.” Despite bone marrow transplants, chemotherapy, and experimental CAR-T therapy, the disease progressed rapidly. Her death came just over a month later, echoing the untimely losses that have haunted the Kennedy family for generations.

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Moran and Schlossberg met as undergraduates at Yale University, marrying in a private ceremony on Martha’s Vineyard in 2017. Friends describe their relationship as grounded and joyful, far from the spotlight—crossword puzzles in bed, hysterical laughter over shared jokes, and a deep partnership in parenting. “Tatiana was steady, present, deeply invested in the small rituals of family life,” one close friend recalled. Now, Moran carries those rituals forward alone: bedtime stories, morning routines, the mundane acts that once felt effortless with her by his side.

He has spoken candidly about the challenge of raising children who may grow up knowing their mother more through stories than memories. Edwin, with his red hair and curious nature, might retain fleeting impressions; Josephine, barely a year old during much of her mother’s illness, was often cared for by grandparents due to infection risks. “My kids, whose faces live permanently on the inside of my eyelids, wouldn’t remember me,” Schlossberg wrote in her essay—a fear Moran now confronts daily.

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At Schlossberg’s private funeral on January 5 at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan, Moran reportedly asked mourners to honor her by embracing her spirit: being playful, solving crosswords quickly, listening kindly, speaking truthfully, and laughing often. Cousin Timothy Shriver shared this in a public tribute, noting Moran’s quiet strength amid unimaginable pain.

Caroline Kennedy, who has endured her own cascade of losses—including her father, uncle, and brother—has been a pillar, helping with the grandchildren and drawing on the resilience of her mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The family has requested privacy, but sources say Moran is focused on endurance: “I don’t know how to go on — but I will, anyway.”

This isn’t about “moving on,” insiders emphasize, but moving forward without the person who made life feel whole. Moran’s words resonate as a universal truth in grief—honest, fragmented, and profoundly human. In a family defined by public tragedy, his private resolve offers a glimpse of quiet courage.

Donations in Schlossberg’s memory are encouraged to leukemia research funds.