NO WAY! Far too young. Rest in peace.
Posted on 10/24/2014 9:16:26 PM PDT by John W
Terry Keenan, a former CNN and Fox News anchor, has died. She was 53. Keenan’s sister, Linda, tells TVNewser the cause of death was a massive cerebral hemorrhage. Keenan had been receiving treatment at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital.
A pioneer among women working in financial news, Keenan joined Fox in 2002 from the now-shuttered CNNfn where she’d been since 1998. Before that, Keenan spent three years at CNBC. Her first television job was at CNN, which she joined in 1986.
Keenan left Fox News in 2009 to, in her family’s words, “work on her most cherished production: her son Benno Kass, with husband Ron Kass” (pictured, left, in a family photo shared with TVNewser).
She was still sharing her financial knowledge, though, working as a business columnist for the Sunday editions of the New York Post. Keenan’s last story for the newspaper was published October 19.
Michael Gray, the Post‘s Sunday business editor, reported Keenan’s death via Twitter early Friday.
The Keenan family provided TVNewser a copy of the death notice:
Keenan, Terry. It is with tremendous sorrow that we report the passing, due to a massive cerebral hemorrhage, of a wonderful mother, wife, sister, and pioneering financial journalist.
Terry was a trailblazer who credited much of her success to her beloved mother’s emphasis on education, which led her to Holy Names Academy in Albany, NY, and a math scholarship to Johns Hopkins University.
At Johns Hopkins, she produced the iconic PBS show Wall Street Week with Louis Ruykeyser; Ruykeyser, recognizing her very rare combination of talents – a flair for words coupled with an amazing facility with numbers – became a mentor.
Soon she was picked up by CNN’s Moneyline, hosted by another longtime mentor, Lou Dobbs. Terry reported on the 1987 stock market crash, and was the first journalist to report live from the New York Stock Exchange.
She went on to have various anchor stints at CNBC and Fox News.
She left Fox to work on her most cherished production: her son Benno Kass, with husband Ron Kass. She treasured every minute with her son.
Throughout her post-TV career, she never missed a deadline for her weekly New York Post financial column.
Aside from her son Benno and husband Ron, Terry leaves behind her two sisters, Joellen Gardner and Linda Keenan, as well as many nieces and nephews.
53 is too young. Rest in peace.
Brain hemorrhage...Quick.
Brain hemorrhage, per tv.yahoo.com/news.
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/terry-keenan-former-fox-news-cnn-anchor-dead-160500051.html
Way I would want to go.
Wow 53 still young. My mother passed due to an Cerebral Aneursym but at least my mom lived a long life unlike Terry. I pray there is research on Cerebral Bleeding like it is done with the Heart. Perhaps a discovery to prevent it or reverse it.
RIP TERRY
I recognized the name right away, now I see who it is. Prayers for the grieving family. Sad.
RIP
I remember her quite well. She always seemed very professional and not a typical glam anchor. May her family be comforted and may she rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
Life is but a vapor.
Nah, I prefer massive heart attack when I'm sleeping. You won't feel a thing. Trust me, it has happened to me already. This is my ghost FReeping LOL
She has a son under 10. Very sad and frightening. It can happen at any time.
NO WAY! Far too young. Rest in peace.
Oh wow, how sad. I didn’t recognize the name, but as soon as I searched for her pic, I remembered exactly who she was.
RIP.
So sad. RIP.
I want to pass in my sleep, like my grandpa.
Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.
Massive heart attack involves extreme pain whether you are asleep (will wake you up) or not. Brain hemorrhage unto death, may be painful ... no one knows.
I didnt recognize her name but I recognized her face right away..53 is way too young to go..RIP
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