Travis and Jason Kelce’s dad has shared news of the death of a loved one.
Ed Kelce, father of the football stars, announced the loss of Maureen Maguire, 74, in a Facebook post on Saturday, Aug. 2. He shared a link to an obituary that described Maguire as his “beloved friend,” though a Los Angeles Times interview with Kelce published in 2024 noted Maguire was his girlfriend.
Maguire, a former elementary school teacher who was born in New York but spent most of her life in Philadelphia, “passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones,” according to the obituary.
She “grew an unexpected love for football later in life, sharing many laughs and adventures with her beloved friend Ed Kelce and her loyal dog Butch,” the obituary also read. “Together, they traveled often and attended football games and concerts, and embraced every opportunity to enjoy life to the fullest.”
Maguire was predeceased by her husband, Daniel J. Maguire Jr., and is survived by her three children, six grandchildren, and her sister and brother.
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Ed Kelce was previously married to Donna Kelce, Travis and Jason’s mother, for more than 20 years.
In an appearance on her sons’ “New Heights” podcast in 2023, Donna Kelce noted that she and Ed are “friends to this day,” adding, “We get along great. It’s just sometimes people move apart, that’s all.”
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“We’re like a tag team with you two,” she added, addressing Jason and Travis. “When one of you had to go out of town, another person would help the other child, so it was perfect.”
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times in 2024, Ed Kelce revealed an amusing interaction Maguire had with Travis Kelce’s girlfriend, Taylor Swift, soon after they met. When Swift was posing for a photo with Ed Kelce and nuzzled up to him, Maguire jokingly warned, “Hey, that’s my boyfriend,” according to the Times, which said the singer “laughed and struck something closer to a father-daughter pose.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ed Kelce mourns death of ‘beloved friend’ Maureen Maguire
