Gosh, it's difficult to realize that this was nearly 50 years ago. Ted Kennedy is portrayed as an extremely shallow man, used to getting his own way and only interested in his political ambition. His first wife, Joan, "had his number" as well as his dad, Joe.
In spite of the death of Mary Jo Kopekne caused by Kennedy's negligence, he was in office from 1969 to August 25, 2009 when he died of a malignant brain tumor.