Kerry O’Riordan McAdam, inspirational breast-cancer fund-raiser, business professional, and fitness enthusiast, has died at 31

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Daily News | Kerry O’Riordan McAdam, inspirational breast-cancer fund-raiser, business professional, and fitness enthusiast, has died at 31

almost twice their original goal of $250,000, for research and public awareness efforts.

Working with Maryland-based Metavivor, a nonprofit that raises public awareness, funds research toward a cure, and improves the lives of patients with metastatic breast cancer, Ms. McAdam and her group held its signature event, the, on Friday, Feb. 25, in the Crystal Tea Room at the Wanamaker Building in Center City.

Ms. McAdam was born Nov. 6, 1990, in Philadelphia. She grew up in Doylestown, graduated from Central Bucks East High School in 2009, and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing at the University of Pittsburgh in 2013. After her diagnosis, Ms. McAdam returned to Philadelphia for treatment at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center. There were some successes, and she was able to travel a bit. But setbacks continued, and she was in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in March and spent“She showed me a love and a life that I didn’t know could exist,” her husband said. “And for that I will be eternally grateful.

fuKerry O’Riordan McAdam,,t at the Metsquerade Gala, she urged her listeners to transform the fundrfuaiser into “a celebration that the cure has finally been developed.” The 2023 gala is already scheduled for Friday, Feb. 3.

 

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