Margaret Kilgallen was born on October 28, 1967 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was married to Barry McGee. She died on June 26, 2001 in San Francisco, California, USA.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer after she was pregnant and opted to forgo chemotherapy so that she might carry her pregnancy to term. Gave birth to her only child, a daughter Asha McGee on June 7, 2001, with her now widowed husband Barry McGee and died 3 weeks later on June 26th from complications from breast cancer at the age of 33.
She earned a bachelor's degree in studio art and printmaking at Colorado College in 1989 and received a Master of Fine Arts degree on June 17, 2001 from Stanford University shortly before her death.