However, when his father begged him to pull the plug, Mac couldn't do it.
As a result, Mac has come to believe strongly in a person's right to a dignified death. Mac's father died of small-cell lung cancer and spent the last eight months of his life in bed on a feeding tube.
In the final episode of season 8 Mac was revealed to have Welsh heritage, and has the middle name Llewellyn. In a taped interview, an elderly Holocaust survivor recounts how Mac's father, then a young Private, restored his dignity and even offered him a candy bar.Īfter being demobilized, Mac's father worked as a mechanic in the South Side of Chicago, where Mac was raised. The elder Taylor served in the United States Army during World War II as a member of the 6th Armored Division, which liberated the concentration camp Buchenwald.
Born McKenna Llewellyn Taylor, Mac is the son of McKenna Boyd Taylor and Millie (maiden name unknown).
