John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn died in a fatal plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean — but their doomed flight to Martha’s Vineyard was also the end of a troubled union!
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As the son of
John F. Kennedy, JFK Jr. was America's most eligible bachelor when he married Carolyn Bessette in 1996. But the marriage was in tatters when John took the wheel off his small plane on July 16, 1999 — crashing into the ocean while heading out for a Massachusetts getaway with Carolyn's sister Lauren.
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"It's unlikely they would have fulfilled that 'til death do us part' marriage vow if they hadn't been in that crash," said a source. "They were both totally fed up with each other. She cheated on him and broke his heart!"
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And a full year before John and Carolyn's death, an old friend from college reported to
The National ENQUIRER that John had told him: "Carolyn and I are not close anymore. We haven't had sex in months. We’re not even sleeping in the same bed.”
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Other sources reported that Carolyn couldn't handle the pressure of her celebrity marriage — with author Edward Klein writing in "The Kennedy Curse" that it "was clear to friends that Carolyn was cracking under the pressure."
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"The drugs and partying that were such a big part of Carolyn’s high-flying New York fashion world gradually made the marriage a living hell for John,” said another source — adding they argued over starting a family.
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"She
hated being a Kennedy and didn't want to bring another Kennedy into the world," said the insider. Carolyn also reportedly started receiving phone calls from the Kennedy women — such as Ethel and Pat — shortly after she became a newlywed.
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"They told her that she has to remember at all times that she
is a Kennedy wife, and everything she does will be noticed and reported," said a source.
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An insider added: "Less than two weeks after the honeymoon, John showed up at a nightclub with two male friends and two women, neither of whom was Carolyn. After spending less than an hour at the club, he grabbed the hand of one of the women he had arrived with and they took off."
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But despite the Kennedy men's
reputation for infidelity, sources confided that John was also distraught over Carolyn's affair with "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin — who confirmed the illicit coupling in a tell-all book!
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“When John found that Carolyn had been hooking up behind his back with her old lover," said the source, "he was furious!” Added another friend: “Poor John’s final months were miserable!”
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As the son of
John F. Kennedy, JFK Jr. was America's most eligible bachelor when he married Carolyn Bessette in 1996. But the marriage was in tatters when John took the wheel off his small plane on July 16, 1999 — crashing into the ocean while heading out for a Massachusetts getaway with Carolyn's sister Lauren.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"It's unlikely they would have fulfilled that 'til death do us part' marriage vow if they hadn't been in that crash," said a source. "They were both totally fed up with each other. She cheated on him and broke his heart!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
And a full year before John and Carolyn's death, an old friend from college reported to
The National ENQUIRER that John had told him: "Carolyn and I are not close anymore. We haven't had sex in months. We’re not even sleeping in the same bed.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Other sources reported that Carolyn couldn't handle the pressure of her celebrity marriage — with author Edward Klein writing in "The Kennedy Curse" that it "was clear to friends that Carolyn was cracking under the pressure."
Photo credit: Getty Images
"The drugs and partying that were such a big part of Carolyn’s high-flying New York fashion world gradually made the marriage a living hell for John,” said another source — adding they argued over starting a family.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"She
hated being a Kennedy and didn't want to bring another Kennedy into the world," said the insider. Carolyn also reportedly started receiving phone calls from the Kennedy women — such as Ethel and Pat — shortly after she became a newlywed.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"They told her that she has to remember at all times that she
is a Kennedy wife, and everything she does will be noticed and reported," said a source.
Photo credit: Getty Images
An insider added: "Less than two weeks after the honeymoon, John showed up at a nightclub with two male friends and two women, neither of whom was Carolyn. After spending less than an hour at the club, he grabbed the hand of one of the women he had arrived with and they took off."
Photo credit: Getty Images
But despite the Kennedy men's
reputation for infidelity, sources confided that John was also distraught over Carolyn's affair with "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin — who confirmed the illicit coupling in a tell-all book!
Photo credit: Getty Images
“When John found that Carolyn had been hooking up behind his back with her old lover," said the source, "he was furious!” Added another friend: “Poor John’s final months were miserable!”
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