Sir Bruce Forsyth
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![]() Bruce Forsyth in 2006 |
| Born | Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
(1928-02-22)22 February 1928
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| Died | 18 August 2017(2017-08-18) (aged 89)
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| Cause of death | Complications from bronchopneumonia |
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| Other names | Brucie, Brucey, Bruce Johnson, Bruce Forsyth Johnson, Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom, Mr Entertainment, Sir Brucie, Sir Brucey |
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| Occupations | Television presenter, Game show host, Comedian, Dancer, Singer |
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| Years active | 1939–2014 |
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| Spouse(s) | Penny Calvert (1953–1973, divorced)
Anthea Redfern (1973–1979, divorced)
Wilnelia Merced (1983–2017) |
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| Children | 5 daughters, 1 son |
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Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was an English television personality, actor and dancer. He has presented Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Play Your Cards Right, The Generation Game, You Bet? and The Price Is Right. He presented Strictly Come Dancing from 2004 to 2013.
Forsyth was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at The Latymer School.
In 2008 he was awarded the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. He received a Royal Television Society Lifetime Achievement Award on 17 March 2009.[1] On 26 January 2011 he received the National Television Awards special recognition award.[2]
Personal life and Death
From 1953 to 1973, Forsyth was married to Penny Calvert. They had three daughters: Debbie, Julie and Laura. According to his autobiography, he dated Miss World 1964 Ann Sidney during her reign.[3] In a 2009 interview, Kathy Kirby said she was Forsyth's lover and that he proposed marriage.[4] From 1973 to 1979, he was married to Anthea Redfern, who was the hostess on The Generation Game. They had two daughters: Charlotte and Louisa. He fell in love with his fellow judge, Wilnelia Merced, at the 1980 Miss World competition.[5][6] They married in 1983, and had one son together, Jonathan Joseph Forsyth Johnson (born 1987). By his six children, he had eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
On 18 August 2017, Forsyth died at his home in Surrey, England of complications of bronchopneumonia, aged 89.[7]
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