Les goodman biography

English ballroom dancer (1944–2023)

Leonard Gordon Goodman (25 April 1944 – 22 April 2023) was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator.

Len goodman cause of death

He appeared as head judge on the UK television programme Strictly Come Dancing – in which various celebrities compete for the glitterball trophy – from its beginning in 2004 until 2016, and on the U.S. television programmeDancing with the Stars from 2005 until 2022. He also ran a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent.^[1]

Early life

Goodman was born in Farnborough, Kent (now in London), on 25 April 1944.^[2][3] He grew up in Bethnal Green, East London, where his grandfather worked as a costermonger, selling fruit and vegetables.

As a child, Goodman was wheeled around in his grandfather's barrow and tasked with making sure the vegetables appeared to be fresh.^[4] He moved to Blackfen when he was six years old and later attended Westwood