John F. Kennedy, Jr., was cremated, and his ashes were scattered off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on July 22, 1999. The location was several miles from where the plane he was piloting had crashed six days earlier. The ashes of two other passengers, wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette, were also scattered in the ocean. The private memorial took place aboard the USS Briscoe. John F. Kennedy, Jr., had reportedly said that he wished to be buried at sea, and the two families hoped to avoid a media circus.
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