Jill Dando

Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was a British television presenter.
Life.
Dando's parents were Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009) and Winifred Mary Jean Hockey (August 1928 – 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 holiday programme and "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 was declared dead on arrival. Barry George was convicted of her murder in 2001. He was freed in 2008 when his retrial found him not guilty.