Joan Bennett Kennedy, the elegant and resilient first wife of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, has died peacefully in her sleep at her Boston home. She was 89. Known for her grace under the glare of one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy has died. She was born Virginia Joan Bennett in Bronxville, New York, in 1936. According to People, she grew up in a quiet, Roman Catholic suburban home. Later, she married into ...

Joan Kennedy's funeral on Oct. 15, held at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston, was attended by several members of the famous Kennedy family, including Joan’s sons — Ted Kennedy Jr., 64, and Patrick Kennedy, ...

BOSTON — 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 ...

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 ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, died at 89 years old on Oct. 8 PEOPLE obtained a copy of Joan's death certificate, which confirms the circumstances of her death and ...