A death certificate obtained by PEOPLE on Oct. 10 offers insight into her final years, revealing her immediate cause of death ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy, died early in the morning on Oct. 8, PEOPLE confirms. She was 89 ...

Joan became a member of the American dynasty when she wed Ted Kennedy in 1958, four years before he became a U.S. senator.

The former wife of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy passed away at her home in Boston at age 89.

Joan Bennett Kennedy, who was married to Sen. Edward Kennedy for 24 years before their divorce, dies. She was a strong ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy passed away on October 8, 2025, at age 89. Her sons made a lovely tribute to their late mother.

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, a classical pianist and an advocate for equal access to mental health and addiction services, has died at age 89.

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, passed away at the age of 89.On Wednesday, October 8, ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, died Wednesday. She was 89.

More: Joan Bennett Kennedy, first wife of former MA Sen. Ted Kennedy, dies at 89 Kennedy was a classically trained musician.

The wife of Senator Edward Kennedy for a quarter of a century, she both basked and struggled in the reflected glare of a ...