Spiegel Stuff: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s Hidden Chapter; the Spy Who Loved Castro; a Real-Life ‘Gone Girl’

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From the slow unraveling of society's favorite couple to Cold War details spilled decades after the fact, this week's VF Archive digest dives deep into stories that once mystified us—but have proven more fascinating with every revelation.

Plus, an interview with Jean-Michel Basquiat in the last stages of his blazing trail.

Secrets and Lies

All the world knows the end of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's story. The hidden chapter was the gradual unraveling of their marriage as it slid from wedding day hysterics into a spiral of depression, drugs, and violence. Edward Klein explores the conflicts—over starting a family, George magazine, and life in the spotlight—that drove Kennedy and Bessette apart, despite interventions by a couples therapist and, fatally, Carolyn's sister Lauren.

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Fates and Furies

Jennifer Farber appeared to have the perfect life: artistic talent, five adoring children, and a mansion on Connecticut's Gold Coast. Then she disappeared—and all eyes turned on her handsome and manipulative husband.

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Suzy Had the Scoop!

As fascinating as any of the people she chronicled as "Suzy," Aileen Mehle was the society columnist they all read—and she was also one of them. In her last interview before her death, Mehle told Bob Colacello "everything": her loves (including Frank Sinatra), her feuds, and the things she didn't print about such legends as Jackie Onassis, the Duchess of Windsor, and Truman Capote.

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The Spy Who Loved Castro

Marita Lorenz was Fidel Castro's mistress before she became an informant for the CIA—and she claims to have borne him a son. She also says that she drove to Dallas with Lee Harvey Oswald and claims to be a key to unlocking some infamous Cold War mysteries.

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Burning Out

Much has been written about the heroin-linked death of Jean-Michel Basquiat. But one voice was missing—that of the wildly talented, wildly extravagant painter himself. Anthony Haden-Guest interviewed America's foremost Black artist in the last stages of his blazing trail, as he careened between art dealers and drug dealers.

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Saturday, July 6, 2024

JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s Hidden Chapter; the Spy Who Loved Castro; a Real-Life ‘Gone Girl’

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