Jill Dando
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| Born |
Jill Wendy Dando 9 November 1961 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Died | 26 April 1999 (aged 37) Fulham, London, England |
| Cause of death | Murder by shooting |
| Resting place | Ebdon Road Cemetery |
| Education | Worle Comprehensive School |
| Alma mater | South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education |
| Occupation | Journalist, television presenter and newsreader |
| Years active | 1979–1999 |
| Employer | BBC |
| Partner(s) | Alan Farthing (fiancé) |
Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter, and newsreader who was 1997 BBC Personality of the Year. At the time of her death, she was the presenter of the BBC programme Crimewatch.
On 26 April 1999, Dando was fatally shot outside her home in Fulham, London. A local man, Barry George, was convicted and jailed for the murder but was later acquitted after an appeal and retrial. A Yugoslav terrorist connection was initially dismissed by police, but has since acquired more credence. The case remains unsolved.
Dando was born at Ashcombe House Maternity Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. She was the daughter of Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009), who died in Weston-super-Mare on his 91st birthday, and Winifred Mary Jean Dando (August 1928 – January 1986), who died of leukaemia aged 58. Her only sibling, brother Nigel (born 1952), works as a journalist for BBC Radio Bristol, having previously worked as a journalist in local newspapers since the 1970s. Dando was raised as a Baptist. When she was three years old, it was discovered that she had a hole in her heart and a blocked pulmonary artery. She had heart surgery on 12 January 1965.
She was educated at Worle Infant School, Greenwood Junior School,Worle Comprehensive School, and Broadoak Sixth Form Centre, where she was head girl, and passed two A levels. She studied journalism at the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education in Cardiff.
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