Jill Dando

Jill Dando
Born	Jill Wendy Dando (1961-11-09)9 November 1961 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Died	26 April 1999(1999-04-26) (aged 37) Fulham, London, England
Cause of death	Assassination by gunshot
Resting place	Ebdon Road Cemetery
Alma mater	South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
Occupation(s)	Journalist, television presenter and newsreader
Years active	1979–1999
Employer	BBC
Partner	Alan Farthing (engaged)

Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English television presenter.

Life

Dando's parents were Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009) and Winifred Mary Jean Hockey (August 1918 – January 1986). Her older brother, Nigel, worked as a journalist for BBC Radio Bristol before retiring in 2017. Before working for the BBC, he worked as a journalist in local newspapers. Jill grew up in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. She moved to London in the 1980s.

Dando worked as a journalist and newsreader. She presented the travel programme Holiday as well as Crimewatch. She was engaged to Alan Farthing for the last few months of her life.

Death

On April 26, 1999, Dando was shot on her doorstep in Fulham, west London. She was taken to Charing Cross Hospital where she died at 13:03.

Trial

Barry George was convicted of her murder in 2001. He was freed in 2008 when his retrial found him not guilty.