‘Like butter on a crumpet’ – Len Goodman: a life in pictures
The genial ballroom dancer and former head judge of Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing With the Stars, Len Goodman, has died aged 78. Here are some of his star moments
Main image: ‘Well pickle my walnuts’ … Len Goodman on Dancing With the Stars. Photograph: Adam Rose/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty ImagesMon 24 Apr 2023 07.20 EDT
Len Goodman, aged 25, pictured with his dance partner Cherry Kingston, aged 20 Photograph: ANL/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman dances with Queen Camilla during a charity event in 2019 Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman at the launch of Strictly Come Dancing’s eighth season, September 2010 Photograph: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterStrictly Christmas special, 2016. Goodman with Claudia Winkleman, Tess Daly and the Strictly dancers Photograph: BBC
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman with Bradley Walsh on The Chase Celebrity Special, 2021 Photograph: ITV/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman at Elstree Studios, where Strictly is filmed, 2013 Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith Gino D’Acampo on This Morning in 2017 Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith Darcey Bussell at the red carpet launch of Strictly, 2015 Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith the other judges for the 2019 finale of Dancing With the Stars Photograph: Eric McCandless/ABC/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman at a golf tournament, Coventry, 2012 Photograph: Action Plus Sports Images/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman with judges Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli on the Strictly live tour Photograph: PA Images/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman with Tracey Ullman at the Westfield Hollywood Ashes cricket match, LA, 2009 Photograph: AFF/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman with Strictly dancer Anton Du Beke Photograph: Independent/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman and Rylan Clark on This Morning, 2016 Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGoodman in the Channel 4 show Can I Improve My Memory? Photograph: Channel 4/Rob Parfitt
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