As JFK Jr.’s 60th Birthday Nears, Friends Reflect On What Might Have Been | TODAY

YEARS. JOHN F. KENNEDY JR.'S FRIENDS SAY THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN SADNESS, HE WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO SMILE WHEN THEY THINK OF HIM AND HOPE THAT THEY THINK HE USED HIS SHORT LIFE WELL. HODA. >> WOW, JUST SO INTERESTING. AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL RUN FOR PRESIDENT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT. DID HE REALLY -- WAS THAT SOMETHING CONCRETE? DID HE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? >> WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT IS HE WOULD HAVE RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN 2002 AND THEN YOU ASSUME HE WOULD HAVE WON RE-ELECTION IN 2006. PERHAPS HE WOULD HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008. THINK OF WHAT THAT FIELD COULD HAVE BEEN, HILLARY CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRIMARY. >> IT SURE WOULD HAVE. ALL RIGHT. >> IT'S JUST ASTONISHING TO THINK THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 60 YEARS OLD. >> ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? >> YES. JUST THE PASSAGE OF TIME. YEAH, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. >> AND HE WAS SUCH A PART OF NEW YORK CITY. I STILL REMEMBER ONE DAY WALKING THROUGH CENTRAL PARK AND I SAW HIM PLAYING FRISBEE. IT JUST STRUCK ME, LIKE HE WAS SUCH A PART OF THE CITY. HE WENT ABOUT HIS DAILY LIFE HERE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON. >> PART OF A PLOT OF SEINFELD WITHOUT EVER BEING SEEN. >> WELL, HE MANAGED FAME SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, JUST BORN

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Length: 5min 38sec (338 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 24 2020