Bruce Forsyth

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| name               = Sir Bruce Forsyth
| post-nominals      = CBE
| image              = Bruce Forsyth1 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize          = 220px
| caption            = Bruce Forsyth in 2006
| birth_name         = Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = Wentworth Estate, Surrey, England, UK
| death_cause        = Complications from bronchopneumonia
| other_names        = Brucie, Brucey, Bruce Johnson, Bruce Forsyth Johnson, Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom, Mr Entertainment, Sir Brucie, Sir Brucey| occupation         = Television presenter, Game show host, Comedian, Dancer, Singer
| years_active       = 1939–2014
| spouse             = Penny Calvert (1953–1973, divorced)Anthea Redfern (1973–1979, divorced)Wilnelia Merced (1983–2017)
| children           = 5 daughters, 1 son
}}
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. On 26 January 2011 he received the National Television Awards special recognition award.

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.Bruce Forsyth: The Autobiography. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd (10 October 2001)  In a 2009 interview, Kathy Kirby said she was Forsyth's lover and that he proposed marriage. 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.Bruce Forsyth IMDb profile 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.

Television and movies
 Year  Title  Role  Notes 1957–1961  Sunday Night at the London Palladium   Himself  TV 1966  The Bruce Forsyth Show  Host  TV 1966  1975  Frankie and Bruce  Himself  TV 1968 | Arthur Lawrence  Film 1969  Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?  Uncle Limelight  1969  Red Peppers  George Pepper  TV 1971  Bedknobs and Broomsticks  Swinburne, Bookman's henchman  Film 1971  The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins  Avarice Segment   1971–1977  1990–1994  Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game  Host  TV 1976 The Muppet Show  Himself  TV 1978–1980  Disco Bruce  Himself  TV 1978  Bruce Forsyth's Big Night  Host  TV 1980–1987  1994–1999  2002–2003  Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right  Host  TV 1986  Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak  Host  TV 1986  Magnum, P.I.: A Little Bit of Luck...A Little Bit of Grief   TV 1988  Bruce and Ronnie  Himself  TV 1988–1990  You Bet!   TV 1990–1991  Takeover Bid   TV 1995–2001  Bruce's Price is Right  Himself  TV 1997  An Audience with Bruce Forsyth  Host  TV 1998  The Game (1998 film)|The Game   Film 2000  Tonight at the London Palladium  Himself  TV 2003  Have I Got News for You  Guest Appearance  TV 2003  Bruce Forsyth Host  Himself  DVD / Guest appearance on Have I Got News for You DVD 2004 – 2014  Strictly Come Dancing  Host  TV 2007  The Generation Game: Then Again  Host  TV 2010  Have I Got News For You  Guest Appearance  TV2010   Who Do You Think You Are?  Guest Appearance  TV2011  The Rob Brydon Show  Guest  TV 2012  National Television Awards  Guest (With Ant & Dec)  TV

Discography
 Title Album details Peak chart positions UK Both Sides of Bruce (Live) First Studio album
 Released: 1977
 Label: Warner Bros. Records — Come Get It! Second Studio album
 Released: 1979
 Label: Pye Records — Mr. Entertainment Third Studio album
 Released: 19 March 2007
 Label: EMI Records — These Are My Favourites Fourth Studio album
 Released: 7 November 2011
 Label: EMI Records 58

References

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Category:1928 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:BBC television presenters
Category:British game show hosts
Category:Deaths from bronchopneumonia
Category:Disease-related deaths in England
Category:English dancers
Category:English movie actors
Category:English television actors
Category:English television presenters
Category:ITV presenters
Category:People from Middlesex