Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died

Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband’s infidelities and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. The former Joan Bennett was a model and classically-trained pianist when married Ted Kennedy in 1958. Brother-in-law John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960 and assassinated three years later.