Forever Young: My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.

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An intimate portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr., from his closest friend with 16 pages of color photos 

From the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father’s casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared summers in Hyannisport and formed a bond in the Kennedy compound that lasted well into adulthood. With Forever Young, Noonan offers a unique glimpse into the private life of his boyhood friend—his courtship with Carolyn, his relationship with his mother, Jackie, and his struggle with being the son of a great man he hardly remembered. Affectionate yet candid, Noonan’s deeply personal memoir ultimately emerges as the definitive portrait of the son of Camelot.
 

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Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction
A Midsummers Nightmare
Hyannisport 1963
Boys of Summer
Native New Yorker
Arts and Entertainment
The Billy Noonan School of Diplomacy
Reality Sets
Moving
The Girl in the Thong
A Secret Unfolds
The Wedding
The Newlyweds
Trouble in Paradise
All Is Forgiven
Gone Missing

The Pivotal Years
Struggle with a Capital
The First Lady Is Gone
The Funeral
Epilogue

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About the author (2006)

William Sylvester Noonan is a graduate of Boston College. He is the author of Forever Young, an account of his close friendship with John F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert Huber is a senior editor at Philadelphia magazine. He is the author of Finding Carol and Forever Young, cowritten with William Sylvester Noonan.

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