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  1. Virginia Joan Kennedy (née Bennett, born September 2, 1936) is an American socialite who was the first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Joan Bennett Kennedy is a pianist, a former model, and the former wife of Senator Edward Kennedy. She struggled with alcoholism, miscarriages, and a troubled marriage, and is currently in treatment under her children's care.

  3. Aug 27, 2009 · Aug. 28, 2009 -- In 2005, Boston police found a disoriented woman lying bleeding and alone on a Beacon Hill sidewalk after she had taken a drunken fall. Joan Kennedy -- the first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy -- was unrecognizable to the Good Samaritan who had helped her that rainy night.

    • Joan & Ted Divorced in 1983 After 24 Years of Marriage. Joan and Ted were married on November 29, 1958. According to Biography.com, he was still finishing up law school at the time, so the two took a belated honeymoon after he graduated in 1959.
    • She & Ted Had 3 Children Together. During their marriage, Joan gave birth to their three children, Kara, Ted Jr. (Edward), and Patrick. She also suffered a stillborn birth while pregnant with a baby boy.
    • Joan Was a Childhood Friend of Ted’s Sister, Jean. According to Biography.com, she attended Catholic school with Jean Kennedy, and the two girls became friends.
    • She Struggled With Alcoholism Under Public Scrutiny. In 2005, she was found on the sidewalk of Beacon Street in Boston after falling down and hitting her head while drunk.
  4. Joan Kennedy was the wife of Edward "Ted" Kennedy, a U.S. senator and brother of President John F. Kennedy. She faced many challenges and tragedies in her life, including Ted's affairs, alcoholism, and the death of their son Teddy.

  5. Aug 26, 2009 · Throughout, Joan was open about her own demons: trying to fit in with the Kennedy clan, fearing for her husband's safety. She went to a psychiatrist when it was taboo in Washington, and admitted it. When she joined Alcoholics Anonymous, she revealed that, too.

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  7. Joan Bennett Kennedy is an actress who appeared in The Road Home, Z Cars and The Andy Williams Show. She was born in 1936 in New York and divorced Ted Kennedy in 1982.

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