Kim Lenaghan
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Kim Lenaghan (24 December 1960 – 11 September 2022)[1] was a Northern Irish freelance radio and television broadcaster, writer and critic who was based in Belfast and worked mainly in the fields of the visual and cinematic arts, music and cuisine culture. She was best known as the presenter of BBC Radio Ulster's weekend mornings.[2] and the Sunday lunchtime radio food programme The Foodie[3] as well as the holiday seasonal programmes Festive Feast and Kim's Twinkly Christmas. She previously presented BBC Radio Ulster's This New Day, Arts Extra and the BBC Northern Ireland TV programmes, Country Times and Good Dog, Bad Dog.
Lenaghan's published works included A Little History of Golf and Irish Superstitions and Lores (Angus & Robertson).
Lenaghan graduated from the Queen's University of Belfast with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Literature and from Ulster University with a Master of Arts in Marketing.[1]
Lenaghan married Andrew Jones in 2017 in London. She lived in East Belfast.[4]
She died in 11 September 2022, at the age of 61, from complications resulting from a fall.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kim Lenaghan obituary: Broadcaster and food critic who championed Northern Irish cuisine". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Kim Lenaghan - BBC Radio Ulster". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Lenaghan, Kim (15 May 2017). "The Foodie". Archived from the original on 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Radio Ulster presenter Kim Lenaghan on how working too hard and moving house contributed to her recent health scare". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Kim Lenaghan: Radio Ulster presenter dies aged 61". BBC News. 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Kim Lenaghan at IMDb
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