It wasn't her unwanted fame or Ted's drinking or his other women that broke Joan Kennedy - it was Ted leaving Mary Jo Kopechne for dead at Chappaquiddick.

Then maybe you wouldn’t have gotten so sick," according to the book "Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot." Joan Kennedy settled in Massachusetts, dividing her time between her home in Boston’s Back ...

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 ...

It's a sad day for the Kennedy family. Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, passed away on October 8. She was the final member of the Camelot-era Kennedys, and her death marks ...

The last remaining survivor of Camelot has died. Joan Kennedy passed away peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 8. She was 89. A ...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Ted Kennedy, has died at the age of 89. She divorced the late senator in 1983, but ...

Joan never remarried after divorcing Ted in 1983 and maintained a relatively low profile in recent years Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 years. Michael Ochs ...

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 ...