Joan became a member of the American dynasty when she wed Ted Kennedy in 1958, four years before he became a U.S. senator.

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

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, died Wednesday. She was 89. Bennet Kennedy "passed away ...

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

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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 Senator Ted Kennedy, passed away at the age of 89.On Wednesday, October 8, ...

Joan Kennedy, the ex-wife of late Sen. Ted Kennedy, died at age 89 on Oct. 8, 2025. In honor of her life, see the best ...

Pallbearers included Joan Kennedy’s nephew, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a ...

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 ...

The wife of Senator Edward Kennedy for a quarter of a century, she both basked and struggled in the reflected glare of a ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, has died at the age of 89. She passed away ...