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Beloved Australian children's TV star Fiona MacDonald dies aged 67 after battling cruel disease - and announces her own tragic death in heartbreaking note


Beloved Australian children's TV host Fiona MacDonald has died aged 67, almost three years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

Veteran showbiz reporter Peter Ford confirmed Fiona's death in a heartbreaking statement posted on social media. Beloved Australian children's TV host Fiona MacDonald (pictured) died earlier this week aged 67, almost three years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease Motor neurone disease is caused when nerves in the brain and spinal cord — which are needed to walk, speak and breathe — stop working properly.

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