Caron Keating Foundation
| Caron Keating | |
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| Born |
5 October 1962 Fulham, London, England |
| Died | 13 April 2004 (aged 41) Sevenoaks, Kent, England |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Blue Peter presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Russ Lindsay (m. 1991–2004, her death) |
| Children | Charlie Lindsay and Gabriel Lindsay |
| Parent(s) |
Gloria Hunniford Don Keating |
| Website | www.caronkeating.org |
Caron Louisa Keating (5 October 1962 – 13 April 2004) was a British television presenter.
Keating was born in Fulham, West London, to parents from Ulster. When she was three months old her family returned to Ulster where she was raised. Her parents were the television presenter Gloria Hunniford and the BBC producer Donald Keating. Keating attended Methodist College Belfast, where she gained 8 'O' levels and 3 'A' levels. She was accepted to study at the University of Bristol where she graduated three years later aged 21 with a BA Honours Degree in English and Drama.
Keating's television career began in Northern Ireland where she presented The Video Picture Show, Channel One and the music programme Greenrock, but her big break undoubtedly came when she was selected to join the team of Blue Peter from 13 November 1986.
Keating brought a new trendy image to the programme, and was popular with viewers because of her looks and fashion-conscious image. She appeared on the programme with Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis, Mark Curry, Yvette Fielding, and John Leslie. Highlights of her Blue Peter career included a trip to Moscow in 1987 during the perestroika period, swimming with sharks, abseiling down skyscrapers and standing strapped to the top of a light aircraft whilst it performed aerial acrobatics. She also interviewed serving Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the programme in 1988.
After four years, Keating left Blue Peter on 22 January 1990. Keating joined BBC Radio 5 where amongst other programmes she co-hosted an early 90’s afternoon show with film critic Mark Kermode, the show was named "A game of two halves” and in his autobiography Kermode described Keating as “The very dictionary definition of Lovely”. She presented several other TV programmes including This Morning, before breast cancer was diagnosed in 1997. Keating was the face of Sainsbury's Reward Card from 1996 to 1999 and also appeared in a TV commercial for So Good soya drink in 1999. 1999 also saw her present We Can Work It Out.
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