The Dancing with the stars the family lost one of their own.
Len GoodmanThe former chief judge, who announced his departure from the series in November, has died, his agent confirmed.
“It is with great sadness that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully at the age of 78,” Goodman’s rep said in a statement April 24. guard. “A dearly loved husband, father and grandfather, whom his family, friends and everyone who knew him will miss very much.”
According to BBC News, a manager of Seriously to dance alum shared that Goodman battled bone cancer and died in hospice on April 22 “surrounded by his family.”
Goodman, who began her professional dance career as a teenager, served as a judge on the BBC’s hit competition series Seriously to dance from its debut in 2004 until 2016. Also, Goodman—along with fellow judges Carrie Ann Inaba And Bruno Tonioli—becoming a beloved part of the American series Dancing with the stars when it first premiered on ABC in 2005.
