New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former President John F Kennedy, passed away on Tuesday, a month after she revealed in an essay that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Schlossberg was 35.

The journalist's death was announced on Instagram by the John F Kennedy Library Foundation, but did not reveal details about where she passed.

As tributes poured in, netizens remembered Schlossberg's harrowing essay and the journalist's courage and honesty in describing her battle with terminal illness.

Titled 'A Battle With My Blood', the essay was published by The New Yorker on 22 November, coinciding with the 62nd anniversary of JFK's assassination.

In her essay, Schlossberg ...