Margaret Kilgallen nasceu o 28 de outubro de 1967 em Washington, Distrito de Columbia, EUA. Foi casada com Barry McGee. Morreu o 26 de junho de 2001 em São Francisco, Califórnia, EUA.
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.