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John Perry Barlow, JFK Jr., and a Night of Grief I Can't Forget
Cynthia Horner's sudden death in 1994 deeply affected friends, including John Perry Barlow and John F. Kennedy Jr.
He only met John F Kennedy Jr for five minutes but, three decades later, the memory lingers on. Oh my God, he had it all, says Larry Sabato, a political scientist, recalling their encounter at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington. He had his mother's poise and his father's charisma; it was a perfect combination of the two. If there was anybody destined to be president, it was him.