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When Benjamin Mee first saw Dartmoor Zoo, his wife Katherine was suffering with a rare form of brain cancer and they had two small children.
Kelly Foster, Benjamin Mee’s wife, played a pivotal role in the zoo’s development. A professional writer and editor, she supported Benjamin throughout the entire process, contributing her expertise to the book that would later inspire the film.
While the re-opening of the zoo was presenting itself as a difficult goal to achieve, Katherine, his wife, started suffering from cancer again. “Her [Katherine’s] scan on December 22, just before Christmas, was disastrous – the cancer was back in eight places.
It all started with Benjamin’s wife, Katherine Mee. Katherine’s brain cancer was in remission when she starting buying the deteriorating zoo in Devon, England. She passed away at age 40, but...
Mee and his brother Duncan borrowed £500,000 to renovate the zoo and open the same by Easter of 2007. That’s when Mee had to deal with an unbearable tragedy. His wife Katherine, who was suffering from brain cancer, died in March 2007.
Benjamin Mee and Katherine Carnegie discovered that the latter was suffering from cancer in 2004, the year they got married. After a series of headaches, Katherine went to see a doctor to get treatment for migraine but an MRI scan found a “big black ball-shaped shadow” on her brain.
Katherine Mee, Benjamin's wife, had a recurrence of a brain tumor, forcing Benjamin and his two young children to face the heartbreak of illness and the devastating loss of a wife and mother. Inspired by the memory of Katherine and the healing power of the incredible family of animals they had grown to love, Benjamin and his kids resolved to ...
Benjamin Mee of Dartmoor Zoo has spoken out about how his wife's terminal cancer and how becoming a single dad led to him being the inspiration for a Hollywood film.
Benjamin Mee’s life has been made into a Hollywood movie starring Matt Damon — but the true story is no fairy tale. Here, Benjamin discusses what it’s really like to live at a zoo and how he coped with the devastating loss of his wife.
Tigers broke loose, money was tight, the staff grew skeptical, and family tensions reached a boiling point. Then tragedy struck. Katherine, Ben s wife, had a recurrence of a brain tumor, forcing Benjamin and his two young children to face the heartbreak of illness and the devastating loss of a wife and mother.