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AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Victoria Reggie Kennedy, left, wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. , and his former wife Joan, right, walk in the procession to the funeral of Eunice Kennedy Shriver at Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in the Hyannis section of Barnstable, Mass. , Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died Tuesday morning at Cape Cod Hospital at age 88.

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The years have not been kind to poor Joan.

Reuters Pictures 23 hours ago

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (L), U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Joan Kennedy (R), ex-wife of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, wait for funeral services for Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts August 29, 2009. Senator Kennedy died late Tuesday after a battle with cancer.