{"id":9870,"date":"2024-09-07T22:27:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T22:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2024-09-07T22:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T22:27:39","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-icon-passed-away-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=9870","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 icon passed away today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Len Goodman, former head judge on\u00a0<em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>, passed away at 78. The English dancer, who battled bone cancer, died in a hospice in Kent, surrounded by family. Goodman was a beloved judge on the show from 2005 to 2018 and also on the UK\u2019s\u00a0<em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>\u00a0from 2004 until 2016.<\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/readlovepray.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2.png\" width=\"507\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Born in London in 1944, Goodman began his dance career at 19 before transitioning to television. Tributes poured in following his passing, with BBC director-general Tim Davie describing him as a \u201cwonderful, warm entertainer loved by millions.\u201d Shirley Ballas replaced him on\u00a0<em>Strictly<\/em>\u00a0after his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"allow-copy_covered_elem_id_1725748053477\" class=\"allow-copy_cover allow-copy_cover__minimized allow-copy_cover__on-elem\" style=\"top: 114px; left: 10px; width: 507px; height: 285.188px;\" data-check-covered-elem-position-interval=\"7\">\n<ul class=\"allow-copy_cover-actions\">\n<li class=\"allow-copy_cover-action allow-copy_grab-btn\" title=\"Grab Text\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"allow-copy_cover-action allow-copy_copy-to-clipboard-btn allow-copy__hidden\" title=\"Copy full text to clipboard\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"allow-copy_cover-action allow-copy_reset-btn allow-copy__hidden\" title=\"Clear Text\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"allow-copy_cover-action  allow-copy_maximize-btn\" title=\"Maximize\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"allow-copy_cover-action allow-copy_minimize-btn allow-copy__hidden\" title=\"Minimize\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"allow-copy_cover-action allow-copy_beta-icon \" title=\"Sorry :( \nIt is beta functionality.\nIt can works incorrectly.\nTurn off in setting if you dislike it.\">Beta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"allow-copy__beta-testing-label\" title=\"Sorry :( \nIt is beta functionality.\nIt can works incorrectly.\nTurn off in setting if you dislike it.\">Beta feature<i class=\"allow-copy__settings\">  <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Len Goodman, former head judge on\u00a0Dancing With the Stars, passed away at 78. The English dancer, who battled bone cancer, died in a hospice in Kent, surrounded&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9871,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9870\/revisions\/9871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}