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==Early life==
Dando was born at Ashcombe House Maternity Home in [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Somerset]].<ref name="Tribute">[http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/flatfiles/jilldando/JillDandoTribute/JillChildhood.aspx Through the family photo album]</ref> She was the daughter of Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009), who died in [[Weston-super-Mare]] on his 91st birthday,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Jill-Dando-s-dad-dies-91-Weston/article-699954-detail/article.html|title=Jill Dando's dad dies at 91 – Bristol News – This Is Bristol – Bristol Post|work=Bristol Post|accessdate=3 January 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130505074040/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Jill-Dando-s-dad-dies-91-Weston/article-699954-detail/article.html|archivedate=5 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Winifred Mary Jean Dando (August 1928 – January 1986), who died of [[leukaemia]] aged 57.<ref name="Times bubbly">{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4446405.ece | location=London | work=The Times | title=Jill Dando bubbly excited and in love then she was shot on doorstep | first=Steve | last=Bird | date=2 August 2008}}</ref> Her only sibling, brother Nigel (born 1952), works as a journalist for [[BBC Radio Bristol]], having previously worked as a journalist in local newspapers since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/10/21/radiobristol_nigeldando_feature.shtml|title=BBC – Bristol – BBC Radio Bristol – Nigel Dando|publisher=|accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> Dando was raised as a [[Baptists|Baptist]].<ref name="Guardian obit"/> When she was three years old, it was discovered that she had a hole in her heart and a blocked [[pulmonary artery]]. She had heart surgery on 12 January 1965.<ref name="Tribute"/>
Dando was educated at Worle Infant School, Greenwood Junior School,<ref name="Tribute"/> [[Worle Community School|Worle Comprehensive School]],<ref name="Timeline">[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Jill-Dando-murder-timeline---Barry-George/Article/200808115063504 Story of the murder of Jill Dando]</ref> and [[Weston College|Broadoak Sixth Form Centre]], where she was [[Head Boy|head girl]],<ref name="Guardian obit">{{cite news | title= Jill Dando Obituary |last= Barker | first= Dennis| publisher= The Guardian | url= https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,296482,00.html | date= 27 April 1999 | accessdate= 23 June 2007 | location=London}}</ref> and passed two [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]].<ref name="Tribute"/> She studied [[Journalism]] at the [[South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education]] in [[Cardiff]]. Dando was a member of Weston-super-Mare Amateur Dramatic Society and [[Exeter]] Little Theatre Company, with whom she appeared in plays at the [[Barnfield Theatre]]. She was a volunteer at Sunshine Hospital Radio in Weston-super-Mare in 1979.
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Dando presented the BBC television programmes ''[[Breakfast Time]]'', ''[[Breakfast News]]'', the ''[[BBC News at One|BBC One O'Clock News]]'', the ''[[BBC News at Six|Six O'Clock News]]'', the travel programme ''[[Holiday (TV series)|Holiday]]'', the crime appeal series ''[[Crimewatch]]'' (from 1995 until her death) and occasionally ''[[Songs of Praise]]''. In 1994, she moved to [[Fulham]].<ref name="Times bubbly"/> On 25 April 1999, Dando presented the first episode of ''The Antiques Inspectors''.<ref name="Guardian shot">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/27/duncancampbell.rorycarroll|title=TV star Dando murdered by single shot|author=Duncan Campbell|work=the Guardian|accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> She was scheduled to present the ''Six O'Clock News'' on the evening of the following day.<ref name="Guardian obit"/> She was featured on the cover of that week's ''[[Radio Times]]'' magazine (for 24 to 30 April).<ref>{{cite news|last=Barker |first=Dennis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando |title=Jill Dando: Broadcaster with feel-good factor |publisher=Guardian Media Group |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 April 1999 |accessdate=13 April 2014}}</ref>
At the time of her death, she was among those with the highest profile of the BBC's on-screen staff, and had been the 1997 BBC Personality of the Year.<ref>This is Bristol :[http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/years-don-t-know-killed-Jill/article-936486-detail/article.html 10 years later] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130505140538/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/years-don-t-know-killed-Jill/article-936486-detail/article.html |date=5 May 2013 }}</ref> ''Crimewatch'' reconstructed her murder in an attempt to aid the police in the search for her killer. After [[Barry George]] was charged with the murder but acquitted, ''Crimewatch'' made no further appeals for information concerning the case.
==Personal life ==
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* The possibility that a deranged fan may have killed Dando after she had rejected his approaches. Dando’s brother, Nigel, informed detectives that she had become concerned by “some guy pestering her” in the few days before her death, but this was ruled out by detectives.
* A case of mistaken identity. This was judged unlikely, given that the killing took place on the doorstep of Dando's own home.
* In July 2014, a report appeared in the ''[[Daily Star Sunday]]'' claiming that Dando had investigated a paedophile ring at the BBC during the mid-1990s and had handed a dossier on it to BBC management. It was implied that this may have prompted a revenge attack. The BBC said it had seen no evidence to support the claim.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-journalist-Jill-Dando-knew-BBC/story-21663985-detail/story.html |title=Former Plymouth journalist Jill Dando knew of BBC paedophile ring, claims retired colleague |publisher=Plymouth Herald |date=21 July 2014 |accessdate=22 July 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722221125/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-journalist-Jill-Dando-knew-BBC/story-21663985-detail/story.html |archivedate=22 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Jilll-Dando-tried-expose-BBC-paedophile-ring/story-21666998-detail/story.html |title=Jill Dando tried to expose BBC paedophile ring but 'nobody wanted to know' |publisher=Bristol Post |date=21 July 2014 |accessdate=22 July 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726212502/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Jilll-Dando-tried-expose-BBC-paedophile-ring/story-21666998-detail/story.html |archivedate=26 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Even actions taken by a professional rival or business partner had to be considered. Her agent Jon Roseman stated that he had been interviewed as a suspect by police.
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