Ted Kennedy's first wife, the last survivor of the Camelot era, died at 89 years old after living a quiet life in Boston for many years Joan Kennedy, the first wife of Ted Kennedy, died on Oct. 8 at ...

Keeping up with the ruthlessly ambitious political clan that cruelly kicked her to the curb fueled the self-destructive boozing that destroyed fragile and tragic Joan Bennett Kennedy. The beautiful ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a U.S. senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died at the age of 89, U.S. Health Secretary ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, passed away last night at age 89. She died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Boston. “I will always admire my mother for ...

Following her death on Oct. 8, 2025, PEOPLE examines the impact of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident on Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy At 37 years old, Joan was the subject of ...

BOSTON (AP) — Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband’s infidelities and her own decades-long struggles with ...

In past interviews with PEOPLE, Joan opened up about not fitting in with the famous family and struggling to find her place in the Camelot era For a time, Joan muted her sorrows with alcohol, but ...