1945-

British news correspondent

Adie is especially famous for her reports from war zones (Turkey, Lebanon, the Gulf War, China, the former Yugoslavia, etc.). Her mother became pregnant while her husband was away at war and Adie was adopted as a baby by a pharmacist and his wife in Sunderland. She had a very happy childhood as an only child. She graduated from the University of Sunderland, where she is now an Honorary Professor of Broadcasting and Journalism. She has traced and met her birth family, and they have an excellent continuing relationship.

References

"How Kate Adie Formed a New Family Bond," Daily Mail [London], 16 September 1993, p. 7
Who's Who, 1997
"Kate Adie - Reporting from Sunderland." [Includes portrait]. Available at: http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/alumni/newsup.html#KateAdie
Mackenzie, Suzie, "The Guardian [London] Weekend, 21 September 2002, pp. 36-37, 39-40, 41
Adie, Kate. The Kindness of Strangers. (London: Headline Books, 2002)

Indexes

European
Uk/great Britain
20th Century
21st Century
Journalism
Theater, Broadcasting, Cinema
Formal, American/European-Type Adoption
Birth or Infancy
Mother Married, but Not to Father
Others ("Strangers")
Mother Married but Not to Birth Father
Birth Sibling(s) Remained With or Returned to Birth Family
Adoptee/Fosteree Traced Family