Len Goodman has passed away at the age of 78, it has been announced, with the former Strictly Come Dancing judge secretly battling bone cancer over recent months.
Len had had a few health scares over the years, having had both prostate and skin cancer in the past. Len had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his prostate gland. He also didn't have treatment until he'd completed filming Dancing With The Stars. Len had another health scare in 2020, when he was was diagnosed with skin cancer. He had surgery to have a mole removed from his forehead after finding out it was deadly melanoma.