Late Sen. Ted Kennedy's former spouse, Joan Bennett Kennedy, has died at the age of 89 inside her Boston home—more than four decades after ending her embittered marriage to the political scion.

More than almost anyone in American public life, Sen. Ted Kennedy is a paradox. Courageous enough to pick up the standard left by three martyred brothers, Kennedy's cowardly actions during the ...

Both of Ted and Joan Kennedy's sons have held roles in public office Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy died on Oct. 8, 2025, at the age of 89, after largely retreating from public view in her final years. The first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was open about her struggles with ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of Sen Edward M Kennedy, has died. She was 89. She was one of the last remaining members of a family generation that included President John F Kennedy. A model ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, has died at the age of 89. She passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Boston on Wednesday, according to Steve ...

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, RadarOnline.com ...

Ted Kennedy and his first wife, Joan Kennedy, welcomed three children together before their split. The pair met in 1957 and were married for 22 years before they went their separate ways in 1978 and ...

Both of Ted and Joan Kennedy's sons have held roles in public office Ted Kennedy and his first wife, Joan Kennedy, welcomed three children together before their split Their daughter Kara died in 2011, ...