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Dancing With the Stars' Len Goodman Dead astatine 78
A prediction Len Goodman made earlier his decease is drafting a batch of attention.
Four months anterior to his passing, the Dancing With the Stars justice took portion successful an interrogation successful which helium reflected on death.
"Bing Crosby had the close idea," Goodman told the Daily Mail successful December 2022. "He played 18 holes of golf, then, bosh, dropped down dead. I don't privation a load of lingering. My dada had the close idea, too. He loved gardening and helium had a changeable portion helium was retired successful the garden. He was 79 truthful if I spell the mode of my dad, that'll beryllium adjacent year."
The Strictly Come Dancing alum adjacent had immoderate suggestions for his obituary.
"Just write: 'He was a creation teacher from Dartford who got lucky,'" helium added. "Because that's conscionable astir the information of it."
Goodman died April 22 successful a hospice successful Kent, England, pursuing a conflict with bony cancer, according to the BBC. He was 78 years old, passing conscionable days earlier his 79th birthday.
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This wasn't Goodman's archetypal crab diagnosis. He previously shared helium had a cancerous tumor removed from his prostate gland successful 2009 and told the U.K.'s Melanoma Fund successful 2020 that helium had tegument crab removed.
"I don't marque a fuss astir worldly similar that," the ballroom dancer told the Daily Mail successful December 2022. "It's similar erstwhile you person a car—you support it serviced but adjacent so, you'll person immoderate occupation with your carburetor and you'll request to get it fixed, and yet the full happening volition conk out, and determination you go. It's much astir the journey, and excavation has been lovely."
Goodman died 5 months aft helium announced helium was leaving Dancing With the Stars, citing his tendency to walk much clip with his household successful Britain. After his death, his longtime colleagues and friends paid tribute to their chap judge.
"Heart breached my beloved person and spouse for 19 years the 1 and lone ballroom legend #lengoodman passed away," Bruno Tonioli wrote connected Instagram April 24. "I volition treasure the representation of our unthinkable adventures and hundreds of shows we did together. @bbcstrictly @dancingwiththestars they volition ne'er beryllium anyone similar you we volition miss you."
Carrie Ann Inaba besides remembered Goodman as, "A Dancer. A teacher. A refined gentleman. A fantastic storyteller. A peculiar soul. A mentor. A household man. And… A treasured friend."
"Saying goodbye astatine the extremity of past play broke my heart," she continued successful her Instagram post. "But today's quality has shattered it each implicit again. I can't judge that you're gone. You were 1 of a benignant my beloved friend. And I volition cherish our memories and clasp them close, portion I articulation truthful galore others mourning your loss. Thank you for each that you shared with us. Your humor, your wisdom, your wit and your truth. Until we conscionable again…Rest In Peace Len."
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