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| '''Fiona MacDonald''' (c.1957 – |
'''Fiona MacDonald''' (c.1957 – 2024) was a television presenter from ], Australia.<ref name =abcobit/> | ||
| She was on local television in Queensland before going on to national programs such as '']'' and the ] of '']''.<ref name =abcobit/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Beth |title=It's a Knockout |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/its-knockout |access-date=4 August 2018 |website=] |language=en-au}}</ref> After leaving ''It's a Knockout'', MacDonald became a wine expert.<ref name =abcobit/> | She was on local television in Queensland before going on to national programs such as '']'' and the ] of '']''.<ref name =abcobit/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Beth |title=It's a Knockout |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/its-knockout |access-date=4 August 2018 |website=] |language=en-au}}</ref> After leaving ''It's a Knockout'', MacDonald became a wine expert.<ref name =abcobit/> | ||
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| She got married in the 1990s and had two sons. Her sister ] is also a former Australian television personality.<ref name =abcobit/> | She got married in the 1990s and had two sons. Her sister ] is also a former Australian television personality.<ref name =abcobit/> | ||
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MacDonald was diagnosed with ] in November 2021. She talked about her experience with the incurable illness in an October 2023 episode of '']''. She died in 2024.<ref name =abcobit>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-03 |title=Former children's TV host Fiona MacDonald dies aged 67 after motor neurone disease diagnosis |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-03/fiona-macdonald-dies-aged-67-queensland/104428604 |access-date=2024-10-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> | ||
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Fiona MacDonald (c.1957 – 2024) was a television presenter from Blackall, Queensland, Australia.
She was on local television in Queensland before going on to national programs such as Wombat and the Australian version of It's a Knockout. After leaving It's a Knockout, MacDonald became a wine expert.
She got married in the 1990s and had two sons. Her sister Jacki MacDonald is also a former Australian television personality.
MacDonald was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in November 2021. She talked about her experience with the incurable illness in an October 2023 episode of Australian Story. She died in 2024.
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References
- ^ "Former children's TV host Fiona MacDonald dies aged 67 after motor neurone disease diagnosis". ABC News. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- Taylor, Beth. "It's a Knockout". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 4 August 2018.