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Jill Dando

1961 - 1999

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Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her television work included co-presenting the BBC One programme Crimewatch with Nick Ross. On the morning of 26 April 1999, Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, south-west London, prompting the biggest murder inquiry conducted by the Metropolitan Police and the country's largest criminal investigation since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jill Dando is the 164th most popular journalist (down from 113th in 2024), the 6,887th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,913th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Jill Dando ranks 164 out of 196. Before her are Martin Bashir, Victoria Roshchyna, Roxana Saberi, Yvonne Ridley, Anastasia Baburova, and Alan Johnston. After her are Lauri Hussar, Adrian Lamo, Mika Yamamoto, Olga Skabeyeva, Claas Relotius, and Timur Miroshnychenko.

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Among people born in 1961, Jill Dando ranks 779. Before her are Ingo Appelt, Manfred Deckert, Carlos Estrada, Derek Harper, Ben Davis, and Susanne Riess. After her are Eva Pfaff, Chris Sawyer, Yvonne McGregor, Maurizio Milani, Basil Gorgis, and Joanna Scanlan. Among people deceased in 1999, Jill Dando ranks 333. Before her are Ella Mae Morse, Indrani Rahman, Diane Foster, Gonzalo Rodríguez, John Chafee, and Peggy Cass. After her are Greg Moore, Menno Oosting, Vikram Batra, Ibragim Gasanbekov, David Strickland, and Manoj Kumar Pandey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jill Dando ranks 6,889 out of 8,785. Before her are Dennis Waterman (1948), Lizzy Yarnold (1988), Sam Totman (1980), Robert Aramayo (1992), Gwilym Lee (1983), and Peter Storey (1945). After her are Vic Crowe (1932), James Dean Bradfield (1969), Martin Buchan (1949), James Garner (2001), Paul Arthurs (1965), and Windsor Davies (1930).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Jill Dando ranks 19. Before her are Jemima Goldsmith (1974), Don McCullin (1935), Carol Thatcher (1953), Samantha Power (1970), Martin Bashir (1963), and Yvonne Ridley (1958). After her are Richard Quest (1962), Eliot Higgins (1979), Lauren Booth (1967), Clarissa Ward (1980), and Katie Piper (1983).

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