Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Dawn Kilmeade is the wife of Fox News television and radio host Brian Kilmeade.
- She also supported her husband in his career as an author.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Dawn Kilmeade (maiden name Dawn Marie DeGaetano) on April 17, 1964, on Long Island. Her mother, Diane DeGaetano, is from Farmingdale, Long Island.
- Dawn has a sister, Denise Durso.
- She married Brian Kilmeade on December 3, 1993. She has three children with Brian Kilmeade: son Bryan Kilmeade, now twenty-two years old, and daughters Kristyn Kilmeade, now seventeen, and Kaitlyn, now fifteen.
- Her eldest child, son Bryan Kilmeade, attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, where he earned a degree in sports management. He is currently working as a football strategy analyst for XFL.
- Dawn’s mother, Diane DeGaetano, passed away suddenly in January 2007.
- She was also very close to her mother-in-law, Marie R. Kilmeade, who passed away in 2018[5].
- Marie was the mother of three sons (Brian and his two brothers Jim and Steven) and cared deeply for her daughters-in-law, having been widowed early in her marriage.
- Dawn resides in Massapequa, on Long Island, New York, where her husband Brian Kilmeade was raised. She lives with her husband, and her two younger daughters, Kirstyn and Kaitlyn.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Dawn has dedicated herself full-time to assisting her husband in his professional life and in raising her family.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Dawn has two white Great Pyrenees dogs named Apollo and Rocky.
- Dawn is the sister-in-law of Jim Kilmeade, a distinguished soccer player. Dawn’s children are also very athletic. Her daughter Kaitlyn plays soccer as a midfielder and defender. She plays for the Massapequa Fury Soccer Club and is set to graduate high school in 2021. Her daughter Kirstyn played for the Massapequa Cosmos Soccer Club as a defender.
- Dawn’s husband Brian also played soccer while at Long Island University.
- Kaitlyn also has a vested interest in musical theatre.
- Dawn and her husband Brian are big fans of the Back to the Future series. Even their wedding had a Back to the Future twist: their wedding song was the iconic The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News, which was the theme for the main titles of Back to the Future.
- Her husband Brian is very passionate about history, and he is always working: when he is not on-air, he is either talking about or writing about history. He has written a few books on history and credits his wife Dawn for her support. In the little time they have assigned for relaxation, the Kilmeade family usually plays soccer together in their yard.
- Dawn has recently celebrated her twenty-sixth wedding anniversary with her husband Brian Kilmeade.
- Dawn frequently attends events with her husband Brian Kilmeade and often can be found at the Fox News headquarters. She also shared a few fun family insights with Fox News Insider back in 2015.