Caron Keating was a television presenter, born in Fulham and raised in Northern Ireland. Her parents were television presenter Gloria Hunniford and BBC producer Don Keating. She was best known for presenting the BBC children's television magazine programme Blue Peter from November 13, 1986 to January 22, 1990. Caron's television career began in her native 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. Keating brought a new, 'trendy' image to the programme, and was extremely popular with both male and female viewers because of her looks and fashion-conscious image. She appeared on the programme alongside Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis, Mark Curry, Yvette Fielding, and John Leslie. Highlights of her Blue Peter career included a trip to Moscow in 1987 when perestroika was still in its fledging stages, swimming with sharks, abseiling down skyscrapers and standing strapped to the top of a light aircraft whilst it performed aerial acrobatics. Caron went on to present several other programmes including This Morning, before being diagnosed with cancer in 1997. She died at the age of 41, on April 13, 2004, at her mother's house in Sevenoaks, Kent. Caron had two boys, charlie and Gabriel, and was married to Russ Lindsay. The Caron Keating Foundation was Set up in Carols's memory, The Caron Keating Foundation is a fund-raising partnership set up to raise money to offer financial support to professional carers, complimentary healing practitioners, and support groups dealing with cancer patients, as well as individuals and families who are affected by the disease. It will also financially help a number of cancer charities with their ongoing quest for prevention, early detection and hopefully an ultimate cure.