Len Goodman, ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Judge, Has Died at 78

Dancing with the Stars judge Len Goodman

Len Goodman, a longtime judge on Dancing With the Stars, has died at age 78. He had suffered from cancer and died April 22 in Kent, England. His agent said Goodman “passed away peacefully.”

Goodman was a judge on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in the U.K. from 2004 to 2016, and was head judge on Dancing with the Stars on ABC, then Disney Plus, from 2007 to 2022.