What is Jill Dando?
{{Infobox person | name = Jill Dando | image = | birth_name = Jill Wendy Dando | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|11|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Somerset]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|4|26|1930|11|9|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Fulham]], [[London]], England | death_cause = [[Assassination]] by gunshot | resting_place = Ebdon Road Cemetery | alma_mater = [[South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education]] | employer = [[BBC]] | occupation = [[Journalism|Journalist]], [[television presenter]] and [[news presenter|newsreader]] | years_active = 1949–1999 | partner = [[Alan Farthing]] (engaged) }} '''Jill Wendy Dando''' (9 November 1930 – 26 April 1999) was an [[English people|English]] [[television presenter]]. ==Life== Dando's parents were Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009) and Winifred Mary Jean Hockey (August 1918 – 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 travel programme ''Holiday'' as well as ''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 died at 13:03. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/27/duncancampbell.rorycarroll|title=TV star Dando murdered by single shot|first1=By Duncan|last1=Campbell|first2=Nick|last2=Hopkins|first3=Rory|last3=Carroll|date=27 April 1999|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> ==Trial== [[Barry George]] was convicted of her [[murder]] in 2001. He was freed in 2008 when his retrial found him not guilty.<ref>