Gordon MacDonald
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 85 |
| Partner | Holly Hunter |
| Children | Claude MacDonald |
| Press MacDonald | |
| Movies/Shows | The Brave One |
| Perfect Stranger | |
| Looking for Richard | |
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| Date of birth | April 27,1939 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Current partner | Holly Hunter |
| Nominations | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor |
| Born | Glasgow |
| United Kingdom | |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| Position | Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2011 |
| Education | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Cumbernauld Academy | |
| Books | A Review of Rate Coefficients and Constants Used in Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen Models for the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins |
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| ID | 411226 |
Gordon MacDonald Life story
Gordon MacDonald has been a pastor and author for more than fifty years. He serves as Chancellor at Denver Seminary, as editor-at-large for Leadership Journal, and as a speaker at leadership conferences around the world. ...
Ex-England cricket captain backs calls for assisted dying
... Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of, said changing the law would represent " a dramatic change in how doctors and nurses treat and care for people"...
'Mercy killing' family call for change in assisted dying law
... Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, said: This is a deeply sad and troubling case, but it does not justify a change in the law to allow assisted suicide...
Ex-England cricket captain backs calls for assisted dying
Former England cricket captain Ray Illingworth has spoken of his support for assisted dying after watching his wife die from breast cancer.
Mr Illingworth, who is undergoing cancer treatment himself, said it was very hard to watch his wife suffering.
" If I was ever like Shirley, I would want to be put to sleep, " He Said .
Care Not Killing, which promotes palliative care, said a change in The Law would put pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives.
In an interview with BBC Look North , Mr Illingworth, whose wife Shirley died earlier this year, said people needed to be given a choice.
" They are The Ones that are going to have to go through The Suffering and their families have to watch it all, " He Said .
" What life is it? Just laying in a bed, a chunk of meat, Nothing More than that.
" I think if a doctor had to sit and see how Shirley was at the back end I can't think in all fairness he would say it's right Keeping Her alive, " the Yorkshireman added.
Talking about his own situation, Mr Illingworth, who for oesophageal cancer, said: " I don't want to die at all just yet but [when I do] I want to die in My Own home. "
The 89-year-old, who captained England and played 787 first-class matches for Yorkshire and Leicestershire, said: " I'd like to go in peace".
Mr Illingworth said it was time to have " a serious debate" followed by a referendum.
" I think if we had a public vote it would go in favour of assisted dying, " he added.
Dr Gordon Macdonald , chief executive of, said changing The Law would represent " a dramatic change in how doctors and nurses treat and care for people".
" It would also place huge pressure, real or perceived, on terminally ill and disabled people to end their lives exactly as we see in the handful of places that have legalised assisted suicide or euthanasia, " He Said .
Mr Macdonald added that studies also showed that " normalising suicide" led to an increase of cases in The General population.
A Parliamentary bill to enable adults to legally seek assistance to end their lives was in October.
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