A singing sensation who raised thousands for charity and uplifted the nation in the pandemic is now facing eviction from her care home. Margaret Mackie, 87, could be forced to leave after her family’s funds ran out and home bosses refused to accept council funding.
The mum-of-two has dementia and went viral with her versions of Frank Sinatra’s My Way and Bing Crosby’s White Christmas. The Linlithgow pensioner recorded the singles with her former carer, Jamie Morley, at her home in Northcare Suites in Edinburgh and beat the likes of Ed Sheeran in the charts.
The duo raised more than £2000 for the Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia UK in 2019 and 2020 and appeared on TV and in papers around the world. Now Margaret’s daughter Mairi Hunter, 59, said she is in the heart-wrenching position of having to find another home for her.
