Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ""I needed space — my own space — and time to see what my needs are, now and for the rest of my life. It's sad to say, but I think ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joan B. Kennedy, the first wife of late Senator Ted Kennedy, died on Wednesday after living a quintessentially-Kennedy rollercoaster life that saw extreme highs and depressing lows in both her ...

The first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, died Wednesday at the age of 89. She worked for the mentally challenged and other causes but also struggled with mental health issues and ...

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 ...

STILL A LABOR OF LOVE. THEY HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER THEIR CHILD IS 150 OR $175 SICK, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT COST TO TAKE HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. YOU KNOW, EVERY WORD. SO ANYWAYS, I JUST I HEARD HIM ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died Wednesday in her sleep at her home in Boston at the age of 89.Kennedy was married to the senator for 24 years and was the ...

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 ...

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, who later divorced from husband Ted, told PEOPLE that she needed "space" after getting sober to rebuild her life. Read the revealing full story from PEOPLE's archives below Joan ...