"BOSTON -- Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities and her own decades-long struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89. The former Joan Bennett, one of the last remaining members of a family generation that included President John F. Kennedy, was a model and classically-trained pianist when she married Ted Kennedy in 1958."
"In 1969, the car he was driving plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, killing his young female passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy, who swam to safety and waited hours before alerting police, later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. Chappaquiddick shadowed him for the rest of his life, weighing against his own chances for the presidency."
Joan B. Kennedy died at 89 after a life marked by marriage to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, multiple family tragedies and long-term health struggles. She married Ted Kennedy in 1958 as Joan Bennett, a model and classically trained pianist. The Kennedy family endured the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy's 1969 Chappaquiddick accident cast a lasting shadow. Joan had three children, suffered miscarriages including one after Chappaquiddick, and remained with her husband through scandals before separation and divorce. She battled alcoholism and mental health issues for decades.
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