Dancing With the Stars’ Len Goodman Lifeless at 78 – E! On-line

The Dancing With the Stars household has misplaced considered one of its personal.

Len Goodman, the previous head decide who introduced his departure from the collection in November, has died, his agent confirmed.

“It’s with nice disappointment to announce that Len Goodman has handed away peacefully, aged 78,” Goodman’s rep stated in an April 24 assertion to The Guardian. “A a lot liked husband, father and grandfather who will probably be sorely missed by household, mates and all who knew him.”

Based on BBC News, a supervisor for the Strictly Come Dancing alum shared that Goodman battled bone most cancers and died in hospice care April 22 “surrounded by his household.”

Goodman, who started his skilled dancing profession as a teen, served as a decide on the favored BBC competitors collection Strictly Come Dancing from its launch in 2004 till 2016. Concurrently, Goodman—together with fellow judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli—grew to become a beloved a part of america’ collection Dancing With the Stars when it premiered on ABC in 2005.