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14/04/2004
Former TV presenter Caron Keating dies
Former Blue Peter presenter, Caron Keating has died following a seven-year battle with cancer.
The 41-year-old Northern Ireland born TV presenter died at the Kent home of her mother, Gloria Hunniford, on Tuesday night, her family have announced.
In a statement, her family said both "husband and children were by her side throughout and her brothers Michael and Paul have been a constant support during her illness".
Keating is best known for presenting Blue Peter in the late 1980's were she co-presented with Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis, Mark Curry, Yvette Fielding and John Leslie.
She later took time out from presenting to become a full-time mum, before returning to TV where she became a familiar face on ITV1's This Morning programme.
However, she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 and had fought the disease ever since.
She leaves behind a husband and two sons, Charlie, aged nine, and seven-year-old Gabriel.
(MB)
The 41-year-old Northern Ireland born TV presenter died at the Kent home of her mother, Gloria Hunniford, on Tuesday night, her family have announced.
In a statement, her family said both "husband and children were by her side throughout and her brothers Michael and Paul have been a constant support during her illness".
Keating is best known for presenting Blue Peter in the late 1980's were she co-presented with Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis, Mark Curry, Yvette Fielding and John Leslie.
She later took time out from presenting to become a full-time mum, before returning to TV where she became a familiar face on ITV1's This Morning programme.
However, she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 and had fought the disease ever since.
She leaves behind a husband and two sons, Charlie, aged nine, and seven-year-old Gabriel.
(MB)
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