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

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, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy, died 'peacefully in her sleep' at 89 years old on Oct. 8. A death ...

She famously endured a troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband’s infidelities and her own decades-long ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy’s death has left the people talking about her daughter, Kara Kennedy, who died in 2011. Joan, the first ...

Joan Kennedy, who separated from Ted Kennedy in the 1970s, underwent a publicized struggle with alcoholism. She took recourse to alcohol following three miscarriages and a cancer struggle of her then ...

"I believe we can use our mistakes as building blocks for deeper insight and for change," said Ms. Kennedy, who was candid ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, who later divorced from husband Ted, told PEOPLE that she needed "space" after getting sober to rebuild ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a U.S. senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain ...

The first wife of Senator Ted Kennedy has passed away. Joan Kennedy died peacefully in her sleep early in the morning of October 8 at her home in Boston. The talented pianist was 89 years old.