JOAN Kennedy, the first wife of Senator Ted Kennedy who stood by his side after the controversial Chappaquiddick incident, ...

Joan Kennedy, the ex-wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died this week at the age of 89, after a life and marriage marked ...

Ted Kennedy and his first wife, Joan Kennedy, welcomed three children together during their nearly two-decade marriage.

The Chappaquiddick scandal, when a car Senator Ted Kennedy was driving crashed off a small bridge, leaving a woman trapped ...

Over the course of their 25-year marriage, Joan Kennedy suffered the brunt of her husband Senator Ted Kennedy's shady secret ...

They shared three children: Kara, Ted Jr. and Patrick. For more on Joan Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident, listen below ...

Joan Kennedy made her final public appearance at the Kennedy family's annual Fourth of July celebration. The first wife of ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy, died early in the morning on Oct. 8, PEOPLE confirms. She was 89 ...

Joan Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy, died Wednesday. She was 89. Here death was confirmed in ...

The first wife of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died at 89, was remembered for her complicated legacy — one marked by ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy was 89 years old. A family spokesperson told WFXT that she died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday.