JFK Jr & Carolyn Bessette, Unseen Wedding Tapes On TV: TLC Special, 20 Yr Anniv.
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As America's legions of Kennedy fans and foes are no doubt aware, next Tuesday is the 20th anniversary of the shocking deaths of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, when the light plane he was flying crashed into the Atlantic in fog off Martha's Vineyard. He was 38, his wife was 33, her sister was 34.
American TV is well aware of the anniversary, so get ready for "specials" devoted to the tragedy, just as TV reacted in 1999 when this latest horror struck John's sprawling Kennedy family. (The couple were headed to his cousin Rory Kennedy's wedding at the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, an occasion transformed by grief and later postponed.)
TLC's two-hour special, "JFK Jr and Carolyn’s Wedding: The Lost Tapes," which aired Saturday, focused on the couple's wedding three years before on Sept. 21, 1996, in a tiny, candle-lit wooden chapel on a remote Georgia island with more feral horses and armadillos than islanders.
The tapes weren't exactly "lost," but they are previously unseen by the public. They are from camcorder video shot at Kennedy's request by one of his wedding guests, longtime pal Billy Noonan. (TLC licensed the footage for the special, spokeswoman Danielle Matlin told USA TODAY.)
Using these tapes, the special shows how Kennedy managed to organize an intimate, secret wedding outside the gaze of the media constantly on alert for details about his private life...
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