Kathy Keeton

Born in South Africa and raised on a farm, Keeton took up dancing in childhood to strengthen a leg affected by polio.

She won a scholarship to the Sadler's Wells Ballet in London, but left after she turned 18 to work in a nightclub.

[3] In his publishing company her title was President/Chief Operating Officer of General Media Communications, Inc. She founded the magazines Viva (1973), Omni (1978), and Longevity (1989).

She claimed that she had rid herself of, or shrunk almost all of, the tumors and extended her life by several years, after being given a dire initial prognosis of only six weeks to live by her doctors.

[2] Keeton was buried at "The Willows" (now known as Locusts on Hudson) in Staatsburg, New York, the country home she shared with her husband.