Australian TV host announces her own death in posthumous social media post
Australian TV host Fiona MacDonald announced her own death at age 67 in a posthumous social media post Thursday.
Australian TV host Fiona MacDonald announced her own death at age 67 in a posthumous social media post Thursday.
MacDonald, the beloved host who worked on the children's program “Wombat” and the game show “It’s a Knockout,” died three years after she was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease.
“Farewell my friends. My sister Kylie is posting this because I have left the building — Hopefully I’m looking down from a cloud,” MacDonald wrote in the Instagram post.
“Last night brought an end to a very tough few months. Was very peaceful the boys and Kylie stayed with me to say goodbye. While I’ve never wanted to die, the thought of leaving my tortured body was a relief,” she wrote.
She described her last few months as “tough,” saying she was unable to swallow normal food, couldn’t tolerate protein drinks and was “slowly starving, growing weaker and weaker.”
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