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 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 ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward (Ted) M. Kennedy, D-MA, died in her sleep at her home in Boston on Oct. 8. In addition to being married to Ted Kennedy for 24 years, Kennedy was ...

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 ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, died Wednesday morning in her sleep at her home in Boston, according to her family. She was 89 years old. The ...

The Chappaquiddick scandal, when a car Senator Ted Kennedy was driving crashed off a small bridge, leaving a woman trapped inside, left many unanswered questions Following her death on Oct. 8, 2025, ...

A former political staple has passed on. Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, died Oct. 8 at her Boston home, according to her obituary. She was 89. Born in 1936, Joan entered ...

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 Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy, has died. She was 89. Kennedy died in her sleep at her Boston home on Oct. 8, according to a family statement ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, died in her sleep Wednesday at her Boston home, officials said. She was 89. “I will always admire my mother ...

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 ...