DWTS’ Len Goodman Useless at 78: Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Extra Pay Tribute – E! On-line

The ballroom has misplaced a legend. 

Dancing With the Stars decide Len Goodman has died.

“It’s with nice disappointment to announce that Len Goodman has handed away peacefully, aged 78,” his supervisor Jackie Gill stated in an announcement obtained by NBC Information. “A much-loved husband, father and grandfather who might be sorely missed by household, pals and all who knew him.” 

Based on the BBC, Goodman handed away April 22 at a hospice in Kent, England, and was surrounded by his household. The information group reported his demise got here after a battle with bone most cancers. 

Goodman’s demise comes 5 months after the decide, who first joined his Dancing With the Stars in 2005, introduced his departure from the present, citing his need to spend extra time together with his household in Britain. After the skilled dancer and coach—who additionally served as a decide on the BBC program Strictly Come Dancing from 2004 to 2016—handed away, a number of members of the Dancing With the Stars household paid tribute, together with his fellow judges.