By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband’s infidelities and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89.

FILE – Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, center, with his wife, Joan Kennedy, and Russia’s Chief of International Relations Vasily Vysotin, third from left, at the airport, Thursday, April 18, 1974, Moscow, Russia. The men on the right and left of Mr. Kennedy are unidentified. (AP Photo/BY, File)

FILE – Joan Kennedy arrives for the premiere of a movie at the Museum of Science in Boston, Oct. 1, 1984. (AP Photo/Sean Kardon, file)

FILE – Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator

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