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Joan Bennett Kennedy is the ex-wife of the late Senator Senator Ted Kennedy. Joan Kennedy, the mother of Kennedy's three children, has struggled with alcoholism for many years. The couple divorced after being married for 25 years, in 1982.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=8428638
In 2005, the Kennedy children became the legal guardians of their mother Joan due to her chronic alcoholism and mental illness.http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1742030,CST-NWS-kennedywives30.articlehttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=8428638
Joan was in attendance at the funeral for her ex-husband, but stayed out of the spotlight saying she didn't want to be intrusive.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=8428638
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- Born: September 2, 1936
- Birth name: Virginia Joan Bennett
- Place of birth: Bronx, New York
- Attended Manhattanville College with Jean Kennedy Smith and Ethel Skakel Kennedy
- Part-time model during college with TV ads for Revlon and Coca-Cola
- Married to Senator Kennedy from November 29, 1958 to December 6, 1982
- Dubbed "The Dish" by John F. Kennedy
- Treated for Breast Cancer in 2005
- Kara Kennedy Allen (February 27, 1960)
- Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (September 26, 1961)
- Representative Patrick Joseph Kennedy (July 14, 1967)
- Author of the 2000 family guide to classical music: The Joy of Classical Music
- Battled breast cancer
- February 2005: her children were granted legal guardianship due to her ongoing struggle with alcoholism
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Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot - $7.99
Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively. Yet, curiously, there is one topic that has never been considered--the complex relationship shared between the three women who were...
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I can't believe I missed this amazing Mad Men ep where Joan hits rapist fiance with a vase. WIN! Next up: Kennedy.
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SAVE $1.3 - Maid of Heaven: The Story of Saint Joan of Arc - Ben D. Kennedy $11.68 http://dealnay.com/123422 #book #religion #bargain
@l2rdude | November 04, 2009 08:08 AM -
My dvd The Women of Camelot came 2day. That was a good movie about The Kennedy men n their wives Jackie, Joan, and Ethel
@sassydiva318 | November 02, 2009 09:05 PM -
@CarriBugbee Joan knows him. The way she knew Roger handle issues w/ jokes and couldn't joke his way out of the Kennedy death #MadMen
@hnic1971 | November 02, 2009 06:51 AM -
Joan Kennedy Today: Joan Kennedy is originally from Canada, and now resides in Portland Maine.There is not a m.. http://bit.ly/CVmws
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