Prince Anthony Stanisław Albert Radziwiłł (; August 4, 1959 – August 10, 1999) was a Swiss-born American television executive and filmmaker. He was the son of Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield and Polish aristocrat and diplomat Prince Stanisław Radziwiłł, and a nephew of former First Lady

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular f ...

Early life and education

Born in

Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...

, Switzerland, Radziwiłł was the son of socialite/actress Lee Radziwiłł (younger sister of First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy) and Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł. He was a member of the House of Radziwiłł, a Polish-Lithuanian noble family. He was also a descendant of King

Frederick William I of Prussia Frederick William I (; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King (), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel. Born in Berlin, he was raised by the Hugu ...

via Princess Louise of Prussia, and

George I of Great Britain George I (George Louis; ; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. ...

via his only daughter Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. His paternal cousin was Countess Isabella Potocki who married Count Hubert d'Ornano, the owner of Sisley who was a son of Guillaume d'Ornano, a co-founder of Lancôme. His maternal first cousin once removed was Mary Lee Ryan (1931–2017), the wife of William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, owner of Biltmore. He married a former ABC colleague,

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–winning journalist Carole DiFalco, on 27 August 1994 on

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, New York. Radziwiłł attended Millfield School and

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preparatory school in

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. In 1982, he finished his studies at

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, earning a

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broadcast journalism Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

. In New York, he was a member of the

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Career

Radziwiłł's career began at NBC Sports, as an associate producer. During the

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Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

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, Canada, he contributed

-winning work. In 1989, he joined

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as a

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for '' Primetime Live''. In 1990, he won the

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for an investigation on the resurgence of

Nazism Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was fre ...

in the United States. Posthumously, in 2000, ''Cancer: Evolution to Revolution'' was awarded a Peabody. His work was nominated for two Emmy's: Outstanding non-fiction special for ''Lenny Bruce: Swear To Tell The Truth'' in 1999 and Outstanding achievement in non-fiction programming for ''Cancer: Evolution to Revolution'' in 2000

Illness

Around 1989 he was diagnosed with

testicular cancer Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. Symptoms may include a lump in the testicle or swelling or pain in the scrotum. Treatment may result in infertility. Risk factors include an c ...

and underwent treatment which left him sterile but in apparent remission. However, shortly before his wedding, new

tumors A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...

emerged. Radziwiłł battled metastasizing cancer throughout his five years of marriage, with his wife, Carole, serving as his primary caretaker through a succession of oncologists, hospitals, operations, and experimental treatments. The couple lived in New York, and both Radziwiłł and Carole tried to maintain their careers as journalists between his bouts of hospitalization. On September 21, 1996, Radziwiłł was the best man for the wedding of his best friend and cousin

John F. Kennedy Jr. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American socialite, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was a son of 35th United States president John F. K ...

and

Carolyn Bessette Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy (née Bessette; January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein (fashion house), Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr ...

. Kennedy's older sister, Caroline, was the matron of honor.

Death

Radziwiłł died of cancer on August 10, 1999, six days after his 40th birthday, and less than a month after his cousin John Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren Bessette predeceased him in a plane crash. He was survived by his wife, his mother, and a sister, Tina. In 2000, his mother, Lee Radziwiłł, and widow, Carole Radziwiłł, set up a fund in his name to help emerging documentary filmmakers.

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