Following her death on Oct. 8, 2025, PEOPLE examines the impact of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident on Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy At 37 years old, Joan was the subject of ...

Kennedy waited 10 hours before alerting the police about his crash and the death of his passenger. Why he did so is still unknown. ‘Leo Damore's book went on to sell more than a million copies. It ...

Jason Clarke plunged into frigid waters, repeatedly, for his role as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in "Chappaquiddick." The Australian actor said his research about the accident that thwarted Kennedy's ...

The first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, died Wednesday at the age of 89. She worked for the mentally challenged and other causes but also struggled with mental health issues and ...

Records obtained by PEOPLE reveal the circumstances of her death at 89 years old Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, died at 89 years old on Oct. 8 PEOPLE obtained a copy of ...

Honesty is always the best policy. If only Sen. Ted Kennedy abided by it in the tumultuous year of 1969. Backdropped by his brothers' assassinations, the "giant leap for mankind" and the Vietnam War, ...

"Kate's getting punished, man," Jason Clarke says of co-star Kate Mara in this exclusive behind the scenes look at the making of Chappaquiddick. "There's some tough, tough scenes. She's in the tank ...