Popular TV Host Announces Her Own Death at 67 in Moving Social Media Post: ‘See You Again on the Other Side’
Mar. 15, 2025“Farewell my friends. My sister Kylie is posting this because I have left the building — Hopefully I’m looking down from a cloud,” the post read.
MacDonald continued, “The last few months have been tough. Unable to swallow normal food, the tube feeding that should have sustained me didn’t work because my gut couldn’t tolerate any of the multiple brands of protein drinks. It went straight in and straight out.”
“I’ve also developed terrible back pain because my muscles aren’t supporting my frame,” she explained.
“The black humor that served me well through the first years of this journey turned to despair. I made the decision after much soul searching to cease all medical supports and finally go into hospital for end of life palliative care. When you love life as much as I do, it takes a great deal of courage to make choices that lead to farewell,” MacDonald continued.
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“I carry your love and laughter with me and hope you’ll remember mine,” MacDonald concluded.
Per theMND association website, the disease “affects the nerves known as motor neurones. These nerves are found in the brain and spinal cord and they help tell your muscles what to do.”
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MacDonald devoted her time to raising money to help find a cure for the disease after being diagnosed in 2021. On her"I Am Making a Difference" fundraising page, she explained that, along with family and friends, she’d managed to raise over $223,000 AUD (almost $153,000 USD) after completing multiple challenges.
“All funds raised go directly to Macquarie University research and trials to find a cure for MND,” MacDonald wrote in the description, explaining how she’d started her “Big Lap” challenge with a 15,500km drive around Australia.
MacDonald recently spoke about her MND diagnosis and how she’d been driving around Australia to raise money to help fund research on a 2023 episode ofAustralian Story, titledThe Big Lap - Fiona MacDonald.
“Then you die. There is no treatment, no cure,” MacDonald added at the time, according to the ABC.
source: people.com
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