Lauren Bessette was born on 5 November 1964 in White Plains, New York, USA. She died on 16 July 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.