Britain's Got Talent fans will be disappointed to see it's missing from screens this weekend after a major scheduling shake-up.
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Dancing through life. Len Goodman hinted at when he thought he would die shortly before passing away at age 78.
The late Dancing With the Stars judge spoke about his lengthy career with the Daily Mail‘s MailOnline in December 2022 after announcing his retirement from the Disney+ series. Goodman noted that he wouldn’t be surprised if he died in a similar way to his father, Leonard.
“My dad had the right idea,” Goodman said at the time. “He loved gardening and he had a stroke while he was out in the garden. He was 79, so if I go the way of my dad, that’ll be next year.”
The ballroom expert died in hospice care on Saturday, April 22, after battling bone cancer. “It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78,” his agent revealed in a statement to Us Weekly on Monday, April 24. “A much loved husband, father and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.”
Goodman was just shy of his 79th birthday and is survived by his wife, Sue Barrett, and son James William Goodman from a previous relationship.
The U.K. native was a judge on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing from 2004 to 2016, making his debut on DWTS when it premiered on ABC in 2005. He served as the head judge on the panel alongside Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli, both of whom mourned the loss of their beloved colleague on Monday.
“A Dancer. A teacher. A refined gentleman. A wonderful storyteller. A special soul. A mentor. A family man. And… A treasured friend,” Inaba, 55, wrote via Instagram. “Saying goodbye at the end of last season broke my heart. But today’s news has shattered it all over again. I can’t believe that you’re gone.
Britain's Got Talent fans will be disappointed to see it's missing from screens this weekend after a major scheduling shake-up.
Fans of the long-running ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent may be disappointed to see that the show is absent from tonight's ITV schedule - although there is a good reason for it being pulled.The show returned for its 16th season last month, with Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden all returning to the judging panel.They were joined by former Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli, who stepped in to replace former judge David Walliams after he quit the show after leaked audio saw him making derogatory remarks about contestants. And while the show usually airs on Saturday and Sunday evenings, the latest episode has been pulled from screens tonight.
Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has paid tribute to the late Len Goodman, deeming the former judge a “legend. ” Goodman, who served as head judge for both Strictly and its American counterpart Dancing with the Stars, passed away on April 22 at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer. Pernice, who debuted on the series in 2015 and won the Glitterball Trophy in 2021, paid an emotional tribute to the former judge in an interview with OK! Magazine, saying: “My memory of Len Goodman is the same one as everybody has, a legend.
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Len Goodman shared an eerily accurate premonition about his death. The judge died on Saturday after a battle with bone cancer.
Tributes have begun pouring in from friends and co-stars of the late Len Goodman, who died on Saturday at the age of 78.
The tributes have been pouring in for Len Goodman, the former Dancing with the Stars judge who died at 78. His passing was confirmed over the weekend.
statement to the BBC.“It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78,” Gill said. “A much loved husband, father and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.”According to the outlet, Goodman died on Saturday at a hospice in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, surrounded by his family.
Len Goodman tragically passed away from bone cancer at the age of 78 over the weekend.
Len Goodman was pictured hugging Strictly Come Dancing co-star Bruno Tonioli in the last photo shared before his death. The Strictly legend died on Saturday night at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, with reports he was being cared for in a hospice in Tunbridge Wells following a ‘short illness’. It appears the last time he was snapped was in November last year when he reunited with former Strictly co-star and longtime friend Bruno as the pair celebrate Len’s retirement.
Len Goodman, who died on Saturday at the age of 78. Jackie Gill, Goodman's manager, confirmed the sad news to the on Monday morning.«It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78,» Gill said in the statement to the . «A much-loved husband, father and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.»According to the , Goodman was on hospice at his home in Kent, England, and was surrounded by his family at the time of his death on Saturday. He had bone cancer.Len is survived by his wife, Sue Goodman, and son, James Goodman, and two grandchildren, Alice and Dan.Goodman appeared as a judge on from 2005 until 2022.
It's a sad day for the Strictly Come Dancing family after the announcement of the untimely death of former judge Len Goodman. Len first became a judge on the BBC show in 2004 – becoming well-known for his catchphrase “Seven!” – and made his final appearance on the 2016 Christmas Day special. The news of his death came on Monday April 24 in a statement released by his agent that read: “It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78.
A legend lost. Len Goodman has died less than one year after announcing his exit from Dancing With the Stars.
He only found fame in his 60s, taking part in a new Saturday night TV show for 2004, called Strictly Come Dancing. But as head judge on the hugely popular TV show, Len Goodman, who's sadly died from bone cancer in a Kent hospice aged 78, became known for his warm and quick-witted comments, as well as his score calling catchphrase, "Se-ven!" A regular and much-loved fixture on our TV screens for an incredible 14 series – alongside his fellow judges, Bruno Tonioli, Arlene Phillips and Craig Revel Horwood – the former professional dancer hung up his Strictly scoring paddles for the last time in 2016.
Former “Dancing with the Stars” judge Len Goodman has passed away at age 78.
Len Goodman was photographed hugging long-time friend Bruno Tonioli just months before he died, in a touching last photograph together. The former professional dancer passed away aged 78 in a hospice on Saturday, from bone cancer. Goodman and Tonioli’s friendship dated back almost two decades and they had appeared together on the panel of both the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and its US counter part, Dancing With The Stars.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman saw the dancing legend hugging his friend and fellow panellist Bruno Tonioli six months before his heartbreaking death. The judge, who would have turned 79 tomorrow, had been in a hospice in Tunbridge Wells in Kent and died on Saturday, April 22nd. Len and Bruno's sweet picture was taken in November last year when they celebrated the beginning of Len's retirement after his incredible career.
Len Goodman left Bruno Tonioli in tears when he made the emotional decision to quit Dancing with the Stars. Last November, the former Strictly Come Dancing judge announced on Dancing With The Stars that he would be hanging up his scoring paddle for the last time at the end of that series.