Editing Martin Bashir (section)

==Personal life==
Bashir is fluent in [[Urdu]].<ref name="STimes20201108" /> He converted from [[Islam]] to [[Christianity]] in his late teens after attending a church in south London,<ref name=RT/><ref>{{Cite news|last= Ling|first=Thomas|date=1 April 2018|title=Martin Bashir suffering from brain tumour|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2093917/Martin-Bashir-suffering-from-brain-tumour.html|access-date=19 November 2020|work=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= FURDYK|first=BRENT|date=1 April 2018|title=The Untold Truth Of Martin Bashir|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/273556/the-untold-truth-of-martin-bashir/|access-date=19 November 2020|work=Nicki Swiftt}}</ref> and identifies as a committed Christian, having been interested in Christianity as a child.<ref name="Gdn200320030122" /> While in New York he sometimes visits [[Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City)|Redeemer Presbyterian Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redeemer.com/visit/25th_anniversary/25th_anniversary_weekend_schedule/|title=25th Anniversary weekend|work=Redeemer Presbyterian Church website|date=18 September 2014|access-date=10 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121041645/http://www.redeemer.com/visit/25th_anniversary/25th_anniversary_weekend_schedule/|archive-date=21 November 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theweek.com/articles/444634/how-american-christians-stop-being-bullies-start-winning-converts |title=How American Christians can stop being bullies and start winning converts|last=Merritt|first=Jonathan|work=The Week|date=13 August 2014|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref>

He and his wife, Deborah, have three children.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Gemma |last=Strong |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2020102299491/martin-bashir-seriously-ill-coronavirus-complications/ |title=Martin Bashir is 'seriously unwell' from COVID-19 complications |magazine=Hello |date=22 October 2020 |access-date=16 May 2021 }}</ref> In 2008, he was diagnosed with a [[brain tumour]] affecting his [[pituitary gland]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Rob|date=7 June 2008|title=Martin Bashir suffering from brain tumour|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2093917/Martin-Bashir-suffering-from-brain-tumour.html|access-date=19 November 2020|work=The Telegraph}}<!-- Unproven assumption, hence not changed to TST. Date stamp 07 June 2008 @ 23:39 pm suggests the article must have been published in the Sunday title. --></ref> was reported to be "seriously unwell" with the [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] in October 2020,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54639674|title=Martin Bashir: BBC journalist 'seriously unwell' from Covid|work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 October 2020|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref> and reportedly underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in late 2020 and further surgical procedures in spring 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/bbc-investigating-as-seriously-unwell-martin-bashir-photographed-after-visiting-takeaway-12128061|title=BBC investigates Princess Diana claims as 'seriously unwell' Martin Bashir photographed|work=Sky News|date=9 November 2020|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Edmonds|first=Lizzie|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/martin-bashir-quit-bbc-diana-panorama-interview-investigation-b935266.html|title=Martin Bashir leaves BBC amid investigation into Diana interview|work=Evening Standard|date=15 May 2021|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>