Edward Kennedy, known as Ted, was the youngest of nine children, 17 years younger than his brother John F. Kennedy. As a United States senator, he served the people of Massachusetts for 47 years.

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 ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (Ted Kennedy), died in her sleep at her ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy’s death has left the people talking about her daughter, Kara Kennedy, who died in 2011. Joan, the first ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, died Wednesday. She was 89. Bennet Kennedy "passed away ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, best known as the former wife of late Senator Ted Kennedy, died in October 2025. She was 89. The late ...

Following her death on Oct. 8, 2025, PEOPLE remembers the impact of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident on Joan Bennett Kennedy, ...

B OSTON (AP) — Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a troubled marriage marked by family ...

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Joan Kennedy was one of the first prominent women in the U.S. to acknowledge her struggles with mental health and alcoholism ...

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