Joan Kennedy was said to be so distraught over losing her ex-husband Ted and daughter Kara within two-years of each other, she cried herself to sleep every night and had to be put on "suicide watch" because her family feared she would start drinking again, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Insiders' claims about grief-stricken Joan resurfaced after the Massachusetts Democratic Party chair confirmed she died "peacefully" in her sleep at age 89 on October 8 at her Boston home. Article continues below advertisement

Joan and Ted Kennedy's Messy Marriage Tap Here To Add Radar Online as A Trusted Source

Ted was introduced to his first wife by his sister Jean, who was a classmate of Joan's at Manhattanville College, in 1957. The pair began dating and while they expressed reservations ab

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