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Jill Wendy Dando [3] was born at Ashcombe House Maternity Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. [4] She was the daughter of Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009 [5]) and Winifred Mary Jean Hockey (August 1928 – January 1986), who died of leukaemia aged 57. [6]
Jill Dando, the “golden girl of British television” who fronted staple BBC shows from Breakfast News to Crimewatch, was shot dead on her doorstep in Fulham in April 1999. Twenty-four years ...
On 26 April 1999, newsreader Jill Dando was shot dead outside of her home. George (who at the time of the murder lived in a ground floor flat in Crookham Road, Fulham) [3] was arrested for her murder on 25 May 2000, and charged on 29 May 2000. [1] Before his trial for the Dando murder, George was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. [14]
Jill Dando, one of the BBC’s most high profile presenters in the 1990s was killed outside her own home
The detective leading the search in the murder of BBC journalist Jill Dando has described potential suspects and witnesses in the unsolved case. In a clip from the new Netflix crime documentary ...
Dando's co-presenter on Crimewatch, Nick Ross, proposed the formation of an academic institute in her name and together with Farthing raised almost £1.5 million (equivalent to £3.2 million in 2023). The Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science was founded at University College London on 26 April 2001, the second anniversary of her murder. [8]
The following year her fitness album, Shape Up and Dance with Suzanne Dando, peaked at No. 87 in the UK Albums Chart. [4] Dando has worked as a TV presenter on a variety of shows for the BBC, ITV and Channel Four. She also worked as a model, actress and singer. In 1987, Dando was a guest on David Frosts show Through the Keyhole. Her TV career ...
INTERVIEW: The adored TV star was shot dead on her doorstep 24 years ago, and the killer is still at large. Ellie Harrison hears from the executive producer of a new Netflix documentary about the ...