What is Joan Bennett Kennedy?
{{Infobox person | name = Joan Kennedy | image = Joan Bennett Kennedy.jpg | image_size = | caption = Joan Kennedy c. 1960s | birth_name = Virginia Joan Bennett | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1936|9|2}} | birth_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S. | alma_mater = [[Manhattanville College]]<br>[[Lesley University]] | occupation = Musician, author, model | known_for = First wife of [[Ted Kennedy]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Ted Kennedy]]<br>|1958|1983|end=div}} | children = [[Kara Kennedy]]<br>[[Edward M. Kennedy Jr.|Ted Kennedy Jr.]]<br>[[Patrick J. Kennedy]] | parents = Harry Wiggin Bennett Jr.<br>Virginia Joan Stead }} '''Virginia Joan Kennedy''' (née '''Bennett''', born September 2, 1936) is an American [[socialite]], singer, author, and former model. She was the first wife of [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/05/25/kennedy_his_children_and_cancer/|title=Kennedy, his children, and cancer|last=Jacobs|first=Sally|date=May 25, 2008|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=2008-06-16}}</ref> In July 1969, Ted Kennedy was involved in a [[Chappaquiddick incident|car accident]] at a bridge on [[Chappaquiddick Island]] in Massachusetts that resulted in the death of his passenger, [[Mary Jo Kopechne]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bly|first=Nellie|title=The Kennedy Men: Three Generations of Sex, Scandal and Secrets|url=https://archive.org/details/kennedymenthreeg0000blyn|publisher=[[Kensington Books]], New York|year=1996|isbn=1-57566-106-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/kennedymenthreeg0000blyn/page/200 200]}}</ref> Although pregnant and confined to bed in the wake of two previous [[miscarriage]]s, Joan attended Kopechne's funeral. Three days later, she stood beside her husband in a local court when he pleaded guilty to [[hit and run|leaving the scene of an accident]]. She suffered a third miscarriage soon afterwards.<ref>{{cite book|last=Taraborrelli|first=J. Randy|