Blue Peter\'s Caron Keating dies
 

Former TV presenter Caron Keating has died after losing a seven-year battle with breast cancer.
The 42-year-old former Blue Peter presenter died on Tuesday night, according to a family friend.

Keating, the daughter of television presenter Gloria Hunniford, presented Blue Peter during the late 1980s.

She took time out from television to look after her two sons, but made a return to TV in 1996 with stints presenting ITV1's This Morning.

Her family said she died at 1815 BST on Tuesday at Hunniford's home in Sevenoaks, Kent, surrounded by the family.

Born in Northern Ireland, she was the mother of two boys, Charlie, aged nine, and seven-year-old Gabriel, and was wife to Russ Lindsay.

'Beautiful and fun-loving'

In a statement her family said she had been a "total inspiration" and that her death had left "an unfilled void".


"Her husband and children were by her side throughout and her brothers Michael and Paul have been a constant support during her illness," the statement said.

"Caron made a lasting impact on everyone she met, wherever she lived. She was a beautiful, fun-loving, and spirited individual who throughout the last seven years has been a total inspiration to her family and friends."

They said she had fought cancer "with enormous courage, tenacity and optimism".

"Caron had a great sense of family and relished being a mother and wife," the statement said.

"It goes without saying that she will leave an unfilled void in the family circle, but she leaves a legacy of wonderful memories and love, which will stay with us all our lives."

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I had not known she's been ill, so this came as a shock when I read it! Sad news

It is very sad news indeed. I hope her life was happy. My thought re with her little boys, husband and family.