Len Goodman, a beloved former decide on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” died on Saturday on the age of 78.
Within the days since, it’s come to gentle that the skilled ballroom dancer made a heartbreaking prediction about his personal demise ― and was off by just some days.
Months in the past, Goodman instructed the Every day Mail that he may die on the age of 79, like his father.
“Bing Crosby had the suitable thought. He performed 18 holes of golf, then, bosh, dropped down useless. I don’t need a load of lingering,” Goodman instructed the outlet in December. “My dad had the suitable thought. He cherished gardening and he had a stroke whereas he was out within the backyard.”
“He was 79 so if I am going the way in which of my dad, that’ll be subsequent 12 months,” the dancer added.
Goodman ended up dying just some days wanting his 79th birthday, which might have been Tuesday.
Goodman additionally steered his Every day Mail interviewer begin writing his obituary.
“Simply say: ‘He was a dance instructor from Dartford who bought fortunate,’” the decide mentioned on the time. “As a result of that’s simply in regards to the fact of it.”
Goodman’s agent, Jackie Gill, mentioned the dancer “handed away peacefully,” and in addition shared that Goodman had been identified with bone most cancers.
Tributes poured in from mates, former colleagues and followers on Monday after his loss of life was introduced. Buckingham Palace mentioned Queen Camilla was “saddened to listen to” of Goodman’s loss of life.
Fellow “DWTS” decide Carrie Ann Inaba paid loving tribute to Goodman, writing that her “pricey good friend” was “one in every of a form.”
“I'll cherish our reminiscences and maintain them shut, whereas I be a part of so many others in mourning your loss,” Inaba wrote on Instagram. “Thanks for all that you just shared with us. Your humor, your knowledge, your wit and your fact.”
Bruno Tonioli, fellow “DWTS” panelist alongside Inaba and Goodman, wrote that his late good friend “will all the time be my excellent 10.”
“I'll treasure the reminiscences of our adventures,” Tonioli mentioned. “There'll by no means be anybody such as you.”
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