Political figures remember Sen. Edward Kennedy. Aug. 26, 2009— -- The Tuesday night death of Sen. Ted Kennedy has spurred a worldwide outpouring of condolences this morning from friends and ...

Kennedy waited 10 hours before alerting the police about his crash and the death of his passenger. Why he did so is still unknown. ‘Leo Damore's book went on to sell more than a million copies. It ...

The facility includes a full-size replica of the Senate chamber. — -- Anyone can now experience the challenge of life as a U.S. senator. The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate opens ...

If the only thing you knew about Ted Kennedy was his national reputation — the liberal lion, the fiercest of partisans — then the results of a poll this past April by the Hill newspaper would have ...

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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 ...

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 has died. She was born Virginia Joan Bennett in Bronxville, New York, in 1936. According to People, she grew up in a quiet, Roman Catholic suburban home. Later, she married into ...

Over 43 years in the senate, Democrat Ted Kennedy has fought serial battles on behalf of the working class—from defending overtime pay and workplace-safety regulations to expanding health-care ...

Joan Kennedy (second from left) poses with (left to right) Patrick, Kara, Ted Jr. and Ted after earning her master's from Lesley College Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy and ...

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, 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 ...