By Meghan Keneally The frosty relationship between the late Senator Ted Kennedy's first wife and his widow has apparently improved over time. A new report in the National Enquirer claims that the famed Democrat's widow Vicki has tried comforting her predecessor Joan over the past few years after the surprise death of Joan's eldest daughter. Ted, the younger brother of former President John F Kennedy, had three children with Joan, and their eldest Kara died from an unexpected heart attack in 2011, two years after her father succumbed to a brain tumor. Easing the tensions: Senator Ted Kennedy's first wife Joan (left, front) and second wife Vicki (right, back) reportedly did not get along during his life but Vicki has supposedly tried to become closer (the two women pictured at Kennedy's sister Eunice's funeral two weeks before his death in 2009)
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Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki has reportedly reached out to his first wife Joan after the sudden death of her daughter Kara
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Joan and Ted's daughter died of a heart attack in 2011- two years after the death of the longtime Senator
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Friends have said that Vicki was fearful that Joan, who has a history of alcohol abuse, would start drinking
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The five-year anniversary of Ted Kennedy's death is this August
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