Donna Deegan is one of the most popular and richest American author who was born on February 28, 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Donna Deegan (born February 28 January, 1961) is a congresswoman as well as an American writer as well as a breast cancer awareness activist and a former weekday anchor on television First Coast News at WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Deegan has previously been a co-anchor of the evening weeknight 5 or eleven p.m. newscasts on First Coast News.
She is an active part of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Jacksonville Beach. There are two children born from her wedding with First Coast News Sports Director Dan Hicken. She got married to First Coast News Chief meteorologist Tim Deegan in 2002.
On June 22, 2006 the Mayo Clinic and The Donna Foundation announced the inaugural run of the 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer, benefiting Mayo Clinic and women living with breast cancer.
On October 25, 2007, Deegan was honored by Community Connections of Jacksonville at the Omni Hotel. She is the 2007 recipient of the Florence N. Davis Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Deegan is a three-time breast cancer. She was diagnosed in 1999 and was diagnosed with her battlewith cancer, which recurred in 2002 and 2007. She was the founder of The Donna Foundation, which will provide the necessary funds to help women in the community who suffer from breast cancer.
