I first met Joan Kennedy in the early ’60s when I was asked to escort her through a Boston press party and introduce her around, which I did. Senator Ted Kennedy was to arrive later.

She was a beautiful and delicate person.

I found her to be friendly, warm, witty, and attractive. Although not a friendly insider or an intimate — far from it — I met her often on the campaign trail with Ted or at one of the parties he used to throw for the press at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis.

She always showed great interest in people, and it was sad to watch her change as she fought her addiction through the days of wine and roses. But she was a fighter to the end.

Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who endured a troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband’s in

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