Terry Keane

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Terry Keane (1939 - June 1, 2008) was an Irish columnist and fashion journalist.

Born as Ann Teresa O'Donnell in Guildford, Surrey, UK in 1939, Keane studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin but dropped out without obtaining a degree. She spent the majority of her career working for the Irish newspaper, the Sunday Independent. She later left the paper on bad terms after selling the story of her 27-year affair with former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey to the British newspaper, The Sunday Times,^[1] a rival to the affiliated London Independent newspapers, though she admitted her affair on The Late Late Show in 1999.

Keane died on June 1, 2008 after a long illness.^[2] She is survived by her children Jane, Madeleine and Justine. Her son Tim died in 2004.

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• The Times - Obituary