Lauren Gail Bessette (November 5, 1964 – July 16, 1999) was the daughter of William J. Bessette and his wife, née Ann Messina. She died (at age 34) along with her sister Carolyn Bessette and her sister's husband, John F. Kennedy, Jr., when an aircraft he was piloting crashed into the sea near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Their ashes were buried at sea on July 22, 1999. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (January 7, 1966 _ July 16, 1999) was born Carolyn Jeanne Bessette, the daughter of William J. Bessette and his then-wife, née Ann Messina. ... John F. Kennedy, Jr. ... Marthas Vineyard is roughly triangular in shape, and is approximately 30 kilometers in length. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Lauren Bessette was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York with a twin sister, Lisa Ann. She attended Hobart and William Smith College in New York with economics as a major. Later, she received the MBA from University of Pennsylvania. She worked as a senior investment banker specializing in Asian financial markets at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in Manhattan for nearly six years prior to her death. White Plains is a city located in Westchester County, New York. ...
Bessette was with her sister, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, in a plane piloted by Kennedy, her sister's husband.
Bessette, who had worked for the Wall Street investment house for eight years, was promoted in December from vice president to a principal in the investment banking division.
Bessette and her twin sister, Lisa Ann, were the first children born to Ann and William Bessette.