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class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Leonard Gordon Goodman</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1944-04-25</span>)</span>25 April 1944<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Farnborough,_London" title="Farnborough, London">Farnborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 April 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-04-22)</span> (aged 78)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Tunbridge_Wells" title="Royal Tunbridge Wells">Royal Tunbridge Wells</a>, Kent, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r979066050">.mw-parser-output ul.cslist,.mw-parser-output ul.sslist{margin:0;padding:0;display:inline-block;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output ul.cslist-embedded{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .cslist li,.mw-parser-output .sslist li{margin:0;padding:0 0.25em 0 0;display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:after{content:", "}.mw-parser-output .sslist li:after{content:"; "}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:last-child:after,.mw-parser-output .sslist li:last-child:after{content:none}</style><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Ballroom_dance" title="Ballroom dance">Dancer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dance_teacher" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance teacher">dance teacher</a></li><li>dance competition adjudicator</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1967–2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars US</a></i> (2005–2022)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i> (2004–2016)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_of_My_Lifetime" title="Holiday of My Lifetime">Holiday of My Lifetime</a></i> (2014–2016)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Rhyme" title="Partners in Rhyme">Partners in Rhyme</a></i> (2017)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Cherry Kingston</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1972; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1987)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Sue Barrett</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2012)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leonard Gordon Goodman</b> (25 April 1944 – 22 April 2023) was an English professional <a href="/wiki/Ballroom_dance" title="Ballroom dance">ballroom dancer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dance_education" title="Dance education">dance teacher</a>, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the UK television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i> – in which various celebrities compete for the glitterball trophy – from its beginning in 2004 until 2016, and on the U.S. television programme<i> <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i> from 2005 until 2022. He also ran a ballroom dance school in <a href="/wiki/Dartford" title="Dartford">Dartford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goodman was born in <a href="/wiki/Farnborough,_London" title="Farnborough, London">Farnborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> (now in London), on 25 April 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a>, East London, where his grandfather worked as a <a href="/wiki/Costermonger" title="Costermonger">costermonger</a>, selling fruit and vegetables. As a child, Goodman was wheeled around in his grandfather's barrow and tasked with making sure the vegetables appeared to be fresh.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved to <a href="/wiki/Blackfen" title="Blackfen">Blackfen</a> when he was six years old and later attended <a href="/wiki/Harris_Academy_Falconwood" title="Harris Academy Falconwood">Westwood Secondary Modern School</a>, where he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-BarrowBoytoBallroom_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BarrowBoytoBallroom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goodman was an apprentice <a href="/wiki/Welder" title="Welder">welder</a> for <a href="/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff" class="mw-redirect" title="Harland and Wolff">Harland and Wolff</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started dancing at the late age of 19, after his doctor recommended it as therapy for a foot injury.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goodman turned professional, won various competitions, and retired from dancing after winning the British Championships at <a href="/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool">Blackpool</a> in his late twenties.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a recipient of the Carl Alan Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to dance and in 2006 and 2007 a show in which he appeared was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> in the <i>Outstanding Reality/Competition Program</i> category.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strictly_Come_Dancing"><i>Strictly Come Dancing</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Strictly Come Dancing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></div> <p>Goodman appeared as head judge on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> dance competition <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i> from its inception in 2004 until 2016. He appeared on the panel with <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Phillips" title="Arlene Phillips">Arlene Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Tonioli" title="Bruno Tonioli">Bruno Tonioli</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Revel_Horwood" title="Craig Revel Horwood">Craig Revel Horwood</a>; Phillips was later replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alesha_Dixon" title="Alesha Dixon">Alesha Dixon</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Darcey_Bussell" title="Darcey Bussell">Darcey Bussell</a>. In July 2016, Goodman announced he would be leaving the show at the end of that year's series. His final appearance was on the Christmas Day Special. On 9 May 2017, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Ballas" title="Shirley Ballas">Shirley Ballas</a> would succeed Goodman as head judge.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goodman had also appeared on the original <i><a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing" title="Come Dancing">Come Dancing</a></i> series as a judge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dancing_with_the_Stars"><i>Dancing with the Stars</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dancing with the Stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></div> <p>Goodman had been the sole head judge on <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s American adaptation, <i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i>. He had appeared with fellow judges <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Ann_Inaba" title="Carrie Ann Inaba">Carrie Ann Inaba</a> and Bruno Tonioli since the show's inception and for five seasons with alternating fourth judges and the brother-sister pair of <a href="/wiki/Julianne_Hough" title="Julianne Hough">Julianne Hough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derek_Hough" title="Derek Hough">Derek Hough</a>. He missed much of <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_19)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 19)">season 19</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_23)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 23)">season 23</a> due to his responsibilities in the UK,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he did not appear as a judge in <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_21)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 21)">season 21</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_29)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 29)">season 29</a>, but presented short segments on dance styles during the latter season.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 November 2022, Goodman announced during the <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_season_31)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (American season 31)">season 31</a> semifinals broadcast that he would be retiring from the show to spend more time with his family in Great Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goodman died from cancer on 22 April 2023. </p><p>After Goodman's death, the Mirrorball Trophy was renamed the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_season_32)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (American season 32)">season 32</a> in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 October 2023, <i>Dancing With The Stars</i> Season 32 paid tribute to the late Goodman, when many of the original dancers returned to perform a choreographed group waltz to "Moon River". Goodman's wife was present for the performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_television_work">Other television work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other television work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, Goodman voiced Professor in the five-time <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a>–winning children's program <i><a href="/wiki/Auto-B-Good" title="Auto-B-Good">Auto-B-Good</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dartford_Living_October_2008_Cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Dartford_Living_October_2008_Cover.jpg/170px-Dartford_Living_October_2008_Cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Dartford_Living_October_2008_Cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>Len Goodman on the cover of <i>Dartford Living</i>, October 2008</figcaption></figure><p> In both 2007 and 2008, he was one of the UK's commentators at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Dance_Contest" title="Eurovision Dance Contest">Eurovision Dance Contest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Gameshows_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Gameshows-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March and April 2012, Goodman hosted a three-part <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> documentary that was broadcast in the United States by <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> for the 100th anniversary of the voyage and <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinking of the RMS Titanic">sinking of the RMS <i>Titanic</i></a>. It capitalised on his experience as a <a href="/wiki/Welder" title="Welder">welder</a> at Harland and Wolff, and in it he interviewed descendants of survivors, and introduced viewers to memorials and significant sites in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Goodman presented the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> programme <i>Len Goodman's Dance Band Days</i>. He also hosted <i>Len Goodman's Perfect Christmas</i> on <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>. In November and December 2013 Goodman and <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Worsley" title="Lucy Worsley">Lucy Worsley</a> presented the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> three-part show <i>Dancing Cheek to Cheek</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2014, Goodman was one of a number of well-known faces taking part in <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>'s two-part documentary series <i>Secrets from the Clink</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2014, Goodman hosted <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_of_My_Lifetime" title="Holiday of My Lifetime">Holiday of My Lifetime</a></i>. The show returned for a second series in February 2016, in which he was featured with <a href="/wiki/Dan_Walker_(broadcaster)" title="Dan Walker (broadcaster)">Dan Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Kirkwood" title="Carol Kirkwood">Carol Kirkwood</a>, and many more.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2015, Goodman and chef <a href="/wiki/Ainsley_Harriott" title="Ainsley Harriott">Ainsley Harriott</a> presented the BBC show <i>Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure</i>, a 10-part series exploring world cuisine in England and Wales. Prior to the show he had never eaten <a href="/wiki/Curry" title="Curry">curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spaghetti" title="Spaghetti">spaghetti</a> or Chinese food.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017 Goodman presented a family game show called <i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Rhyme" title="Partners in Rhyme">Partners in Rhyme</a></i>, based on <a href="/wiki/Matt_Edmondson" title="Matt Edmondson">Matt Edmondson</a>'s game, Obama Llama.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2021, Goodman made a guest appearance in the <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/Hollyoaks" title="Hollyoaks">Hollyoaks</a></i> as part of a dancing storyline, when his voice was heard, while dance teacher <a href="/wiki/Trish_Minniver" class="mw-redirect" title="Trish Minniver">Trish Minniver</a>, portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Denise_Welch" title="Denise Welch">Denise Welch</a>, was reminiscing.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 2013 and 2018, Goodman occasionally deputised for <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Grady" title="Paul O'Grady">Paul O'Grady</a> on his Sunday afternoon music show on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, playing the music that he had grown up with.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, he hosted three special bank holiday shows for <a href="/wiki/Boom_Radio" title="Boom Radio">Boom Radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_work">Other work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 he appeared on an all singing/dancing version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weakest_Link_(British_game_show)" title="The Weakest Link (British game show)">The Weakest Link</a></i> and beat Stacey Haynes in the final to win the prize money of £8,050, for his nominated hospice care charity Demelza, of which he was an official patron.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goodman's autobiography <i>Better Late Than Never</i>, written with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Havers" title="Richard Havers">Richard Havers</a>, was published by <a href="/wiki/Ebury_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebury Press">Ebury Press</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goodman married his dancing partner Cherry Kingston in 1972,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but they divorced in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then had a long-term relationship with a woman named Lesley, whom he described as the ex-wife of "a bloke called Wilf Pine who had managed the band <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-autobiop243_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autobiop243-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goodman and Lesley's son, James William Goodman, was born on 26 January 1981, but at the age of 12 moved with his mother back to her native <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a> after his parents had separated. As of 2012, James started Latin and ballroom dancing at his father's Goodman Dance Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 December 2012, Goodman married his companion of more than ten years, Sue Barrett, a 47-year-old dance teacher, in a small ceremony at <a href="/wiki/Anton_Mosimann#Later_career" title="Anton Mosimann">Mosimann's</a>, a London dining club.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-wedding_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-wedding-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goodman was a <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> fan and was featured on the BBC football show <i><a href="/wiki/Football_Focus" title="Football Focus">Football Focus</a></i> on 26 September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a keen <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> fan and in May 2009 took part in a celebrity <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">Ashes</a> cricket match in <a href="/wiki/Van_Nuys,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Nuys, California">Van Nuys, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2011, Goodman appeared on the BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(British_TV_series)" title="Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)">Who Do You Think You Are?</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which he discovered that one of his maternal ancestors was a silk-weaver who died a <a href="/wiki/Pauper" class="mw-redirect" title="Pauper">pauper</a> in the Bethnal Green <a href="/wiki/Workhouse" title="Workhouse">workhouse</a>. Goodman's great-great-grandfather, Josef/Joseph Sosnowski,<sup id="cite_ref-roots1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roots1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> came from <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, where he fought in the anti-tsarist <a href="/wiki/November_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="November uprising">November uprising</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for which he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Virtuti_Militari" title="Virtuti Militari">Virtuti Militari</a>, Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After finding out about his ancestry, Goodman said: "I feel no different, I look no different, I am no different and yet I'm not what I thought I was. I thought that I was truly an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a>, English through and through."<sup id="cite_ref-roots1_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roots1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2009, Goodman was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was treated surgically at a London hospital. In 2020, he underwent surgery for a small facial <a href="/wiki/Melanoma" title="Melanoma">melanoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through his son James, Goodman became a grandfather in 2015 when his granddaughter Alice was born; his grandson Dan was born four years later in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goodman died from prostate cancer that <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer#Metastatic_disease" title="Prostate cancer">metastasized</a> to his bones<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at a hospice in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tunbridge_Wells" title="Royal Tunbridge Wells">Royal Tunbridge Wells</a> on 22 April 2023, three days before his 79th birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcd_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcd-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-i_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-i-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fellow <i>Strictly</i> judge Bruno Tonioli wrote on social media, "Heart broken my dear friend and partner for 19 years the one and only ballroom legend #lengoodman passed away. I will treasure the memory of our incredible adventures and hundreds of shows we did together @bbcstrictly @dancingwiththestars there will never be anyone like you we will miss you."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Strictly</i> presenter <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Winkleman" title="Claudia Winkleman">Claudia Winkleman</a> called Goodman "a class act" who was full of "twinkle, warmth and wit".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Queen_Camilla" title="Queen Camilla">Queen Camilla</a> also paid tribute to Goodman, saying that she was saddened by his death.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i> (2004–2016)<sup id="cite_ref-bbcd_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcd-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i> (2005–2022)<sup id="cite_ref-bbcd_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcd-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Dance_Contest" title="Eurovision Dance Contest">Eurovision Dance Contest</a> – UK commentator (2007–2008)<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Gameshows_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Gameshows-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinking of the RMS Titanic">Titanic with Len Goodman</a></i> (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Len Goodman's Dance Band Days</i> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Len Goodman's Perfect Christmas</i> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pztc3/episodes/guide">Dancing Cheek to Cheek</a></i> (2013) (with <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Worsley" title="Lucy Worsley">Lucy Worsley</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Secrets from the Clink</i> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_of_My_Lifetime" title="Holiday of My Lifetime">Holiday of My Lifetime</a></i> (2014–2016)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perspectives_(TV_series)" title="Perspectives (TV series)">Perspectives: For The Love of Fred Astaire</a></i> (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure</i> (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (with <a href="/wiki/Ainsley_Harriott" title="Ainsley Harriott">Ainsley Harriott</a>)</li> <li><i>Strictly Len Goodman</i> (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Rhyme" title="Partners in Rhyme">Len Goodman's Partners in Rhyme</a></i> (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hollyoaks" title="Hollyoaks">Hollyoaks</a></i> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-i_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-i-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (voice, one episode)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Goodman, Len (with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Havers" title="Richard Havers">Richard Havers</a>) (2008), <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SE4tX-FFiPcC&q=%22len+goodman%22+born">Better Late Than Never: from Barrowboy to Ballroom</a></i>, Ebury Press, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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London: BBC Books <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-563-52293-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-563-52293-3">0-563-52293-3</a></li> <li>Goodman, Len (2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SXEAoQEACAAJ"><i>Dancing Around Britain</i></a>, Trinity Mirror Media, ISBN 9781908695918</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Goodman&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-times-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-times_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGraham2005" class="citation news cs1">Graham, Natalie (4 December 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070314211041/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/related_reports/article745368.ece">"Dancer takes steps to clear home loan"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>. 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Retrieved 23 October 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306150431/http://www.dwts.org/photo/6755863/Len+Goodman+plays+cricket%21">"Len Goodman plays cricket!"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dwts.org/photo/6755863/Len+Goodman+plays+cricket!">the original</a> on 6 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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