Lauren Bessette was born on November 5, 1964 in White Plains, New York, USA. She died on July 16, 1999 in Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
Perished with her sister Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and brother-in-law John Kennedy Jr. when the private plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard on July 16, 1999.