Joan Kennedy, the first wife of Ted Kennedy, admitted that she often felt out of place in the famous family, turning to destructive habits to cope before ultimately leaving her marriage

In July 1969, Ted was involved in a fatal car accident when he drove his vehicle off a narrow bridge in Chappaquiddick Island and into Poucha Pond after leaving a party with passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, whom he claimed he was dropping off at the ferry.

Joan Bennett Kennedy was 89 years old. A family spokesperson told WFXT that she died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday. Joan Kennedy was married to Sen. Ted Kennedy for 24 years before the couple divorced. They married in 1958 and she became the youngest wife of the youngest U.S. Senator elected when she was 25 in 1962.