# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jill-dando
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:19:16.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jill-dando"
name: "Jill Dando"
slug: "jill-dando"
description: "Jill Wendy Dando 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."
tagline: "Murdered English journalist and television presenter (1961–1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/JillDando.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-11-09"
deathDate: "1999-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0199250"
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    title: "Jill Dando"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump