When Joan Bennett married Ted Kennedy in 1958, she joined one of the world's most famous families. The Camelot-era Kennedys achieved the highest highs and endured the deepest lows. Over the course of ...

Bennett Kennedy, who died in October 2025 at age 89, lived in the home for more than 45 years, having bought it in the 1970s.

When she gave a graduation address at her alma mater, Manhattanville College, in 1984, Joan Bennett Kennedy cautioned against the temptation to “drift endlessly in a tide of guilt and despair.” She ...

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 ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and mother of former Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, died in her sleep at her home in Boston on Oct. 8 at ...

Ted Kennedy's first wife, the last survivor of the Camelot era, died at 89 years old after living a quiet life in Boston for many years Joan Kennedy, the first wife of Ted Kennedy, died on Oct. 8 at ...

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 ...