 John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Photograph by Betty Burke Galella |  Vintage Post Card, Kennedy Compound, Hyannis Port |
One of the fringe benefits of working for Jacqueline Kennedy was that even after one was no longer on the payroll, a former employee (turned family friend) might still summer at the family compound in Hyannis—at least that was the case for Kathy McKeon. In her recently published memoir, Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family, her fond portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr. matches that of others who have gone on the record about him. He exuded natural charm and was free of malice. The gods gave him many gifts, but he appreciated them. He was also accident prone. In the book, she describes an occasion when she arrived at the home in Hyannis and discovered police and fire trucks in the driveway:
John laughed and admitted that he’d been making hamburgers and left the pan on the burner when he went to take a shower. The smoke alarm had gone off, but that was it.
That incident was not his first offense:
John had a checkered history of combining showering and cooking; his attention deficit disorder tended to sabotage that kind of multitasking. We never let him forget the time he had been fresh out of the shower with a towel around his waist when he fired the grill to make us hamburgers. He’d turned around and lost his towel, causing [my husband] to drily remark, ‘I thought you were making hamburgers, John, but it looks like we’re getting wieners instead.’
John laughed and admitted that he’d been making hamburgers and left the pan on the burner when he went to take a shower. The smoke alarm had gone off, but that was it.
That incident was not his first offense:
John had a checkered history of combining showering and cooking; his attention deficit disorder tended to sabotage that kind of multitasking. We never let him forget the time he had been fresh out of the shower with a towel around his waist when he fired the grill to make us hamburgers. He’d turned around and lost his towel, causing [my husband] to drily remark, ‘I thought you were making hamburgers, John, but it looks like we’re getting wieners instead.’
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