Joan Bennett

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Jack's mother. Since her divorce, Joan has become an accomplished musician and grandmother to her four grandchildren, from Kara and Ted Jr. In addition, Kennedy has worked as an advocate for the mentally retarded and for cancer research and was a supporter of the Pine Street Inn, a Boston-based homeless shelter, and Children's Hospital. She has been arrested on several occasions for drunk driving. In 1974, she was arrested in Virginia. In 1988, she was arrested in Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was ordered to undergo treatment following a 1991 arrest in Quincy, Massachusetts. In 2000, she was arrested in Barnstable, and charged with DUI and failure to provide a license or registration. In the 2000 case, she was sentenced to 2 years probation.

• The shock of her son, Jack's, miraculous return from the dead has knocked Joan off the wagon again and she was recently hospitalized for alcohol treatment.