Jane McGrath
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| Born |
Jane Louise Steele 4 May 1966 Paignton, Devon, England |
| Died | 22 June 2008 (aged 42) Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Known for | Cancer support campaigner/activist |
| Spouse(s) | Glenn McGrath (1999–2008) (her death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Roy Steele (father) Jen Steele (mother) |
Jane Louise McGrath AM (née Steele; 4 May 1966 – 22 June 2008) was an England-born Australian cancer support campaigner, and the wife of Australian cricket fast bowler Glenn McGrath.
Jane McGrath was born Jane Louise Steele on 4 May 1966 to Jen and Roy Steele, a now retired newsagent in Paignton, Devon, England. She worked as a flight attendant for Virgin Atlantic Airways when she met her future husband in a Hong Kong nightclub in 1995. They married in 1999 at the Garrison Church and had two children. She became an Australian citizen on Australia Day, 26 January 2002. McGrath was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 26 January 2008 "for service to community health through support for women with breast cancer and the establishment of the McGrath Foundation."
McGrath first learned she had breast cancer in 1997 at the age of 31. Following a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she was deemed cancer-free by June 1998. Despite fears that cancer treatment may have left her sterile, she later gave birth to two children who were both breast-fed. In 2003, McGrath was diagnosed with metastatic disease in her bones. In 2004, she appeared with her husband on Andrew Denton's Enough Rope on the ABC, describing her work for the foundation and her personal experiences.
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