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Strictly star’s shock death at 66 after quitting hit TV show for unusual hobby
A tribute to the Strictly stars no longer with us, from host Sir Bruce Forsyth and 2014 winner Caroline Flack to BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull, who spent his last years as a bee keeper
He memorably told Saturdays star Frankie Bridge that she “floated across that floor like butter on a crumpet” and once described BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine’s jive as “like watching a stork who’d been struck by lightning.” Despite his five decades-long career, Len said his crowning moment was when he danced with the future Queen Camilla in 2019. Former BBC presenter and Strictly contestant Bill Turnbull died in 2022A year later, snooker legend Willie Thorne – who came 12th in 2007 alongside partner Erin Boag – lost his battle with leukaemia. In this special commemorative edition of OK!, we celebrate two glorious decades of one of the nation's favourite TV shows As the new series kicks off, we look back at the winners who have danced their way to the top of Britain's sparkliest dance competition and remember the iconic performances that have provided moments of joy, tears and laughter We also pay tribute to Strictly's hosts, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, the hard-working professional dancers and, of course, legendary judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton du Beke
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