Ted Kennedy's First Wife

Ted and Vicki families were friends for many years. Ted does not remember their first meeting, when Vicki was a summer intern in the mailroom of his Senate office. Vicki and Ted began dating after meeting with us in the summer of 1991 at a party celebrating his parents 40th The wedding.

Ted and Vicki were married on 3 July 1992 in a private civil ceremony at Ted's house in McLean, Virginia. They had about 30 relatives to the wedding. Vicki and Ted had a short honeymoon in Vermont.

Vicki Ted's wedding to her: "As a wedding gift, Kennedy painted a portrait of daffodils - a painting, said it took about four hours to complete." We had read William Wordsworth's poem "Daffodils" and the last two lines: "And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils" and was so wonderful and romantic and Ted said he wanted to paint a picture of daffodils and he did. "

The death of Senator Ted Kennedy enormous interest in finding their triumphs, tragedies and famous family. Some of the most popular posters are the friends of the late senator, the first wife, Joan Kennedy, and second wife, Vicki.

Since her marriage in 1992, Kennedy was less wasteful and more productive period of his career, leading the Senate battle over education and health. After her diagnosis, said Confidential, Vicki's role expanded when it became the main guardian of their calendar, the balance of meetings with doctors about their health and meetings with legislators on health care.

"She managed to maintain their health and their time," said Susan Milligan, co-author of "Lion past: the rise and fall of Ted Kennedy" and a consultant for ABC News, covering the years Kennedy, Boston Globe reporter on Capitol Hill. "He will be on the boat and meetings on health care at all hours of the night if she let him get away with it. He put the brakes kept him on the line, forcing him to follow a regime. "

Reggie Kennedy, and families were friends for many years, Vicki recalls (although Senator Kennedy) its first meeting, where Vicki was a summer intern in the mailroom of his Senate office in the years after his graduation from college. They began dating after meeting again in June 1991 . for a feast to celebrate the anniversary of his parents' 40th wedding Ted Kennedy said this meeting, "Vicki, I had known before, but it was the first time I think I really have seen it." The relationship became serious in September 1991. They were engaged in March 1992, and married July 3, 1992 in a civil ceremony at the Kennedy home in McLean, Virginia. Kennedy's political career had suffered a long period of womanizing, drinking and negative publicity, and she is credited with stabilizing his personal life and help to resume productive career.