Allyson Hennessy Explained
Allyson Hennessy (4 January 1948[1] – 7 May 2011)[2] was a veteran Trinidad and Tobago television news presenter.[3] She was trained in the United Kingdom.
Media career
Hennessy entered at Trinidad and Tobago Television and hosted the program Community Dateline for several years with other presenters including Terrance Greaves, Wendell Constantine, Judy Alcantara, Lisa Wickham (1999–2000) and Judy Chong Dennison until 2005 when the station closed. In 2009 she was received the "Media Excellence" award from the Trinidad & Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association.[4]
In 2010, she began co-hosting The Box, a daily TV talk show on the Gayelle network, with a talk show format styled after the U.S. morning program The View. She also had her own television program, Allyson 10-12.[4] Hennessy was a familiar face as host of carnival activities and special events.[5]
Veni Mangé
A Cordon Bleu-trained chef,[4] Hennessy was a co-owner of the Veni Mangé Restaurant.[6]
Personal life
She was married to Emmett Hennessy,[7] a fellow journalist; they had no children.
Death
Hennessy fell ill in late April 2011, with an undisclosed illness, and was hospitalised in the intensive care unit at the St. Clair Medical Centre in Port-of-Spain. She never recovered and died at St. Clair Medical on 7 May 2011, aged 63.[8]
Notes and References
- http://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog/?p=5244 Date of birth per blogsite
- News: Allyson Hennessy dies at 63. 9 May 2011. Newsday. 7 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20110512185558/http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,140219.html. 12 May 2011.
- News: Local content faces fatal squeeze. 21 August 2010. Trinidad & Tobago Express. 3 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824010248/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Local_content_faces_fatal_squeeze-101240799.html. 24 August 2010. dead.
- Web site: Media Excellence Awards 2009. Trinidad & Tobago Publishers and Broadcaster's Association. 11 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110515180807/http://www.ttpba.org.tt/media_excellence_detail.php?id=6. 15 May 2011.
- News: Another Side Of The Coup. 4 August 2010. Trinidad Express. 3 September 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616111759/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sunday-mix/99157714.html. 16 June 2011.
- News: Veni Mange celebrates 30. 20 August 2010. Trinidad & Tobago Express. 3 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100825170230/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Veni_Mange_celebrates_30-101210799.html. 25 August 2010. dead.
- News: Allyson needs blood. Trinidad Express. 20 April 2011. 11 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422113327/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Allyson_needs_blood-120257384.html. 22 April 2011. dead.
- Web site: Allyson Hennessy passes on . C News . 8 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105205746/http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles.aspx?id=27518 . 5 November 2011 .
