Jill Dando
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 25 years ago |
Date of birth | November 9,1961 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Weston-super-Mare |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 26,1999 |
Died | Fulham |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Buried | Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom |
Partner | Alan Farthing |
Parents | Jack Dando |
Winifred Mary Jean Dando | |
Height | 173 (cm) |
Job | Journalist |
Television presenter | |
Education | Weston College |
Worle Community School | |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | |
Movies/Shows | Holiday |
Breakfast News | |
Children in Need | |
Crimewatch UK | |
Place of burial | Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom |
Siblings | Nigel Dando |
Assassinated | Fulham, London, United Kingdom |
Employ | BBC |
Weston Mercury | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 430919 |
Jill Dando Life story
Jill Wendy Dando was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her television work included co-presenting the BBC One programme Crimewatch with Nick Ross.
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