Here death was confirmed in a statement by her son, Patrick Kennedy, and his wife, Amy. “Mrs. Kennedy was a classically trained pianist, an advocate for mental health and addiction recovery, and a ...

Joan never remarried after divorcing Ted in 1983 and maintained a relatively low profile in recent years Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 years. Michael Ochs ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, died at her Boston home on Wednesday. She was 89. An obituary published by GoLocalProv stated she died peacefully in her sleep. A ...

Steve Kerrigan, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, confirmed the news of Kennedy's death in a local obituary. The 89-year-old died peacefully in her sleep at her Boston home on Wednesday, ...

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 ...

Joan was the first wife of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy; they wed in 1958 and separated in the late '70s before ultimately announcing plans to divorce in the '80s She died peacefully in her sleep at her ...

WASHINGTON — Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a U.S. senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died at the age of 89, her nephew, Health Secretary ...