JANE MCGRATHJane Louise McGrath, who lost her battle with cancer on 22 June, 2008, was a campaigner against the disease along with her husband, Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath.Mrs McGrath was born in England in May 1966. She met Glenn at a nightclub in Hong Kong while working as an air steward and they married in 1999.She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier but overcame the disease to give birth to two children.In 2002 she and Glenn founded the McGrath Foundation so they “could help support other Australian women touched by breast cancer”.The following year she was diagnosed with bone cancer and in 2006 she discovered she had a brain tumour. She battled through surgery and chemotherapy and all its side effects, still continuing her charity work, raising more than $450,000 towards nurses and increasing awareness.Her achievements were recognised when she was made a Member of the Order of Australia “for service to community health through support for women with breast cancer and the establishment of the McGrath Foundation”.She died at her home in Cronulla, New South Wales, after another bout of illness and was survived by her husband and their children, James, 8, and Holly, 6.http://www.mcgrath foundation. com.au
Keep me informed of updates
