A look at the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.

Portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1988. On July 16, 1999, the 38-year-old’s plane crashed just off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts — killing him, his wife <a data-cke-saved-href="https://foxnews.1eye.us/entertainment/john-f-kennedy-jr-carolyn-bessette-marriage-struggle-book" href="https://foxnews.1eye.us/entertainment/john-f-kennedy-jr-carolyn-bessette-marriage-struggle-book" target="_blank">Carolyn Bessette Kennedy</a> and her sister Lauren Bessette. (Brownie Harris/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., is photographed for the first time at the age of 13 days during his christening at the Georgetown University Hospital Chapel in Washington, December 8, 1960.  (Getty Images)

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy, kisses her newborn brother, John F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington, February 13, 1961.  (Richard Avedon/White House Photos/Getty Images)

John F. Kennedy Jr. plays under the dress of his father, President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office at the White House, October 15, 1963.  (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Jackie and John Kennedy walk with their two children, John and Caroline, November 14, 1963. (Getty Images)

Outside the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, John Kennedy salutes his father's coffin with members of the Kennedy family (L-R): Senator Edward Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and John Kennedy during the funeral in Washington, November 25, 1963.  (Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

John F. Kennedy Jr. stands with his mother, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, sister, Caroline, and his uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy on his graduation day from Philips Academy at Andover, June 7, 1979.  (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis with son John and daughter Caroline, January 1, 1991.  (The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)

John F. Kennedy Jr. touches the gravestone of his father, former President John F. Kennedy, during his mother Jacqueline Kennedy's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, May 23, 1994. (REUTERS/Gary Hershorn)

John F. Kennedy Jr. introduces his new politicalmagazine "George" at a press conference in New York, September 7, 1995.  (REUTERS/Mark Cardwell)

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and John F. Kennedy Jr. talk during an event at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, May 16, 1997.   (REUTERS/Jim Bourg)

Publisher and editor in chief of George Magazine, John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn arrive for a gala awards dinner in New York, May 19, 1999.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Two boats carrying Massachusetts State Police divers from the Underwater Recovery Unit depart from Menemsha harbor on Martha's Vineyard Island, July 19, 1999 to search for the wreckage of the single engine plane belonging to John F. Kennedy Jr.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Following the deaths of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette, a young boy places flowers at thier home in New York City, John 19, 1999.  (REUTERS/Peter Morgan)

John F. Kennedy Jr. smiles while waiting to meet South Korean President Kim Dae-jung at the presidential Blue House in Seoul February 5, 1999.  (REUTERS/Paul Barker)