Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette: Hidden Tensions Before the 1999 Tragedy, Friend Reveals
Friends close to John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette say their marriage was strained and emotionally distant amid intense paparazzi scrutiny and other pressures; despite counseling and attempts to reconnect, they were not intimate at the time, and both died in the 1999 plane crash before they could resolve their relationship.