Late Sen. Ted Kennedy's former spouse, Joan Bennett Kennedy, has died at the age of 89 inside her Boston home—more than four decades after ending her embittered marriage to the political scion.

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 ...

Steve Kerrigan, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, confirmed the news of Kennedy's death in a local obituary. The 89-year-old died peacefully in her sleep at her Boston home on Wednesday, ...