Terry Keane

Terry Keane (9 September 1939 – 31 May 2008), born in Guildford, England, was an Irish social columnist and fashion journalist.

Life

Keane was born Ann Teresa O'Donnell in Guildford, Surrey, UK in 1939, to Irish parents, who evacuated her to Ireland during the Blitz. Keane studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin.

Career

Keane spent the majority of her career working for the Irish newspaper, the Sunday Independent, where she was the principal contributor of the Sunday Independent's long-running gossip column, The Keane Edge; a rival to the affiliated London Independent newspapers, though she admitted her affair on The Late Late Show in 1999. She later stated that she regretted making the relationship public.

Death Keane had four children. Her death on 31 May 2008 after a long illness was announced by her son-in-law, media gardener Diarmuid Gavin. One of her granddaughters, Holly Carpenter, was Miss Ireland in 2011.