{"id":111795,"date":"2023-10-01T23:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/01\/former-strictly-come-dancing-judge-was-78-update-deadline\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:09:26","slug":"former-strictly-come-dancing-judge-was-78-update-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/01\/former-strictly-come-dancing-judge-was-78-update-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Former \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019 Judge Was 78 \u2013 Update \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>Former <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dancing-with-the-stars\" data-tag=\"dancing-with-the-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dancing with the Stars<\/a><\/em> choose Len Goodman\u2019s reason behind demise has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t According to his demise certificates, Goodman died after prostate most cancers unfold to his bones,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/113560\/Len-Goodman-death-certificate-cancer-cause-of-death\" target=\"_blank\">studies The Daily Express.<\/a> He was 78 on the time of his demise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>EARLIER:<\/strong> Len Goodman, the previous <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/strictly-come-dancing\/\" id=\"auto-tag_strictly-come-dancing\" data-tag=\"strictly-come-dancing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> <\/em>and <em>Dancing with the Stars <\/em>choose, has died. He was 78.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGoodman\u2019s agent confirmed his April 22 demise and stated he had \u201cdied peacefully, surrounded by his family\u201d in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGoodman was a preferred choose on the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc\" data-tag=\"bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>\u2018s smash leisure format <em>Strictly Come Dancing <\/em>from its inception in 2004 till 2016, the place he turned well-known for his light-hearted enthusiasm and witty banter. He was changed by Shirley Ballas in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/2023-deaths-hollywood-media-photo-gallery-obituaries\/\" data-type=\"pmc-gallery\" data-id=\"1235209880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hollywood &amp; Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery &amp; Obituaries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGoodman was concurrently head choose on <em>Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s <\/em>U.S. model <em>Dancing with the Stars, <\/em>taking up that position from 2005 till final yr, when he introduced he could be retiring through the semi finals of the present to spend extra time along with his household again within the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe was born April 25, 1944, in London and was knowledgeable dancer within the a long time previous to his TV work, successful quite a few awards. Alongside <em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>, Goodman made a number of TV appearances together with internet hosting the likes of <em>Len Goodman\u2019s Dance Band Days <\/em>and <em>Len Goodman\u2019s Perfect Christmas <\/em>on the BBC. He additionally hosted BBC One\u2019s <em>Holiday of My Lifetime <\/em>and most lately made a shock look on Channel 4 cleaning soap <em>Hollyoaks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTributes from the broadcasting world flooded in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBBC Director General Tim Davie known as Goodman a \u201cwonderful, warm entertainer who was adored by millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cLen was at the very heart of <em>Strictly<\/em>\u2019s success,\u201d he added. \u201cHe will be hugely missed by the public and his many friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGoodman\u2019s fellow <em>Strictly <\/em>choose Craig Revel Horwood wrote: \u201cI\u2019ve just woken up to the sad news that my gorgeous colleague and dear friend Len Goodman has passed away. My heart and love go out to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDan Walker, a former BBC <em>Breakfast <\/em>host, hailed Goodman as \u201can incredible man and an extraordinary talent,\u201d including that he would \u201cnever forget the little tips he would send every week on <em>Strictly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGoodman is survived by his spouse Sue Barrett and son James Goodman. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] UPDATE: Former Dancing with the Stars choose Len Goodman\u2019s reason behind demise has been revealed. According to his demise certificates, Goodman died after prostate most cancers unfold to his bones,\u00a0studies The Daily Express. He was 78 on the time of his demise. EARLIER: Len Goodman, the previous Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-111795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}