{"id":3376,"date":"2025-08-08T23:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:48:34","slug":"with-heavy-hearts-dancing-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3376","title":{"rendered":"With heavy hearts \u2018Dancing W"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Len Goodman, the beloved judge on \u201cDancing With the Stars,\u201d passed away at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the age of 78. He died on a Saturday in a hospice in Kent, England, surrounded by family. Goodman had been part of the ballroom competition show from 2005 until 2018, becoming a familiar and cherished face to millions of viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in London in 1944, Goodman began dancing professionally at 19 and continued until he transitioned to television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the head judge on the BBC\u2019s \u201cStrictly Come Dancing\u201d from its first episode in 2004 until his departure in 2016. His warmth and expertise made him a favorite among audiences. Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, praised Goodman as a \u201cwonderful, warm entertainer\u201d who was \u201cloved by millions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow judge Bruno Tonioli shared a heartfelt tribute, posting a photo of the two holding hands and expressing his deep sadness, writing, \u201cHart [sic] broken my dear friend and partner for 19 years\u2026 there will never be anyone like you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Len Goodman, the beloved judge on \u201cDancing With the Stars,\u201d passed away at the age of 78. He died on a Saturday in a hospice in Kent, England, surrounded by family. Goodman had been part of the ballroom competition show from 2005 until 2018, becoming a familiar and cherished face to millions of viewers. Born&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3378,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions\/3378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}