Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to an online obituary, Joan, who shared three children with her ex-husband, "passed away peacefully in her sleep" on Oct ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...