she loves animals and she and graham have had two rhodesian ridgebacks, achilles and drusilla, as well as sparticus the cat. in 2002, margo and graham suffered a significant loss in the death of their dog gaius. graham described the loss this way, "on august 20, 2002 our dog gaius was diagnosed with pneumonia. margo and i had just finished a three week vacation. i left to come home for work on the sunday evening. margo noticed trouble almost right away. though he was in hospital almost immediately, the disease ravaged him and his great, loving heart gave out in the early hours of august 25, 2002. for those of us without children, our animals often become our children".