Fergal Keane

Journalist

Birthday January 6, 1961

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace England

Age 63 years old

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About

Irish journalist who has served as the BBC correspondent in South Africa. His uncle was the famed poet and novelist John B. Keane.

Before Fame

His first position as a journalist was with the Limerick Leader. He began working with the BBC in 1989.

Trivia

He was the overall winner at the 1993 Amnesty International Press Awards and was voted Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year award and Sony Radio Reporter of the Year in 1994.

Family Life

His father was the actor Éamonn Keane.

Associated With

He and journalist Richard Engel were both recipients of the Edward R. Murrow Award.