Len Goodman

**Leonard Gordon Goodman** (25 Afrilu 1944 - 22 Afrilu 2023) ya kasance ƙwararren mai rawa na gidan rawa na Ingila, Malamin rawa, kuma mai yanke hukunci a gasar rawa. Ya bayyana a matsayin babban alƙali a shirin talabijin na Burtaniya Strictly Come Dancing - inda shahararrun mutane daban-daban ke gasa don kyautar glitterball - daga farkonsa a 2004 har zuwa 2016, kuma a shirin talabinjin na Amurka Dancing with the Stars daga 2005 har zuwa 2022. Ya kuma gudanar da makarantar rawa a Dartford, Kent . 

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Goodman a Farnborough, Kent, a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 1944 .  Ya girma a Bethnal Green, Gabashin London, inda kakansa ya yi aiki a matsayin costermonger, yana sayar da 'ya'yan itace da kayan lambu. Yayinda yake yaro, Goodman ya yi tafiya a cikin barrow na kakansa kuma an ba shi aiki tare da tabbatar da cewa kayan lambu sun zama sabo. Ya koma Blackfen lokacin da yake dan shekara shida kuma daga baya ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta zamani ta Westwood a lokacin da yake matashi, inda ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar wasan kurket.

## Ayyuka
Goodman ya kasance mai koyon walda ga Harland da Wolff a Woolwich .  Ya fara rawa yana da shekaru 19, bayan likitansa ya ba da shawarar shi azaman magani don raunin ƙafa.

Goodman ya zama ƙwararre, ya lashe gasa daban-daban, kuma ya yi ritaya daga rawa bayan ya lashe gasar zakarun Burtaniya a Blackpool a ƙarshen shekarunsa ashirin. Ya kasance mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Carl Alan, don nuna godiya ga kyawawan gudummawa ga rawa kuma a cikin 2006 da 2007 an gabatar da wasan kwaikwayon da ya bayyana don lambar yabo ta Emmy a cikin rukunin Babban Gaskiya / Gasar Shirin.

### ''Ka zo Ka yi rawa sosai''
Goodman ya bayyana a matsayin babban alƙali a gasar rawa ta BBC One Strictly Come Dancing daga farkonta a 2004 har zuwa 2016. Ya bayyana a kan kwamitin tare da Arlene Phillips, Bruno Tonioli, da Craig Revel Horwood; Daga baya Alesha Dixon da Darcey Bussell suka maye gurbin Phillips. A watan Yulin 2016, Goodman ya sanar da cewa zai bar wasan kwaikwayon a ƙarshen jerin wannan shekarar. Bayyanar karshe ta kasance a ranar Kirsimeti ta Musamman. A ranar 9 ga Mayu 2017, an sanar da cewa Shirley Ballas za ta gaji Goodman a matsayin babban alƙali.[1] Goodman ya kuma bayyana a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen Come Dancing na asali a matsayin alƙali.

### ''Yin rawa tare da Taurari''
Goodman ya kasance babban alƙali ne kawai a kan Strictly Come Dancing na Amurka, Dancing with the Stars . Ya bayyana tare da 'yan uwansa alƙalai Carrie Ann Inaba da Bruno Tonioli tun Lokacin 31 aka fara wasan kwaikwayon kuma na tsawon shekaru biyar tare da alƙalai na huɗu da' yan uwan Julianne Hough da Derek Hough. Ya rasa yawancin kakar 19 da kakar 23 saboda nauyin da yake da shi a Burtaniya,  kuma bai bayyana a matsayin alƙali a kakar 21   da kakar 29, ba, amma ya gabatar da gajerun sassan kan salon rawa a lokacin kakar wasa ta ƙarshe. A ranar 14 ga Nuwamba 2022, Goodman ya sanar a lokacin kakar wasa ta 29 da aka watsa cewa zai yi ritaya daga wasan kwaikwayon don ya kara lokaci tare da iyalinsa a Burtaniya. Goodman ya mutu daga ciwon daji a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 2023. 

Bayan mutuwar Goodman, an sake sunan Mirrorball Trophy da Len Goodman Mirrorball, kakar 32 don girmama shi. A ranar 24 ga Oktoba 2023, Dancing with the Stars Season 32 ya ba da yabo ga marigayi Goodman, lokacin da yawancin masu rawa na asali suka dawo don yin wasan kwaikwayo na rukuni zuwa "Moon River". Matar Goodman ta kasance a wurin wasan kwaikwayon.

### Sauran ayyukan talabijin
A shekara ta 2005, Goodman ya bayyana Farfesa a cikin shirin yara na *Auto-B-Good* wanda ya lashe Kyautar Emmy sau biyar.

A cikin 2007 da 2008, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu sharhi na Burtaniya a Gasar Dance ta Eurovision . 

A watan Maris da Afrilu na shekara ta 2012, Goodman ya dauki bakuncin wani shirin BBC One na kashi uku wanda PBS ta watsa a Amurka don bikin cika shekaru 100 na tafiyar da nutsewar RMS . Ya yi amfani da kwarewarsa a matsayin mai walda a Harland da Wolff, kuma a ciki ya yi hira da zuriyar waɗanda suka tsira, kuma ya gabatar da masu kallo ga abubuwan tunawa da manyan shafuka a Ƙasar Ingila.

A cikin 2013, Goodman ya gabatar da shirin BBC Four Len Goodman's Dance Band Days . Ya kuma dauki bakuncin Len Goodman's Perfect Christmas a ranar Boxing a BBC One . A watan Nuwamba da Disamba 2013 Goodman da Lucy Worsley sun gabatar da shirin BBC Four mai kashi uku Dancing Cheek to Cheek . 

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Goodman ya auri abokin rawa Cherry Kingston a 1972,  amma sun sake aure a 1987.  Daga nan sai ya yi dangantaka ta dogon lokaci da wata mace mai suna Lesley, wacce ya bayyana a matsayin tsohuwar matar "wani mutum mai suna Wilf Pine wanda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar Black Sabbath". An haifi ɗan Goodman da Lesley, James William Goodman, a ranar 26 ga Janairun 1981, amma yana da shekaru 12 ya koma tare da mahaifiyarsa zuwa asalin Isle of Wight bayan iyayensa sun rabu. Ya zuwa shekara ta 2012, James ya fara rawa na Latin da ballroom a Cibiyar Dance ta Goodman ta mahaifinsa.

A ranar 30 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2012, Goodman ya auri abokinsa na sama da shekaru goma, Sue Barrett, malamin rawa mai shekaru 47, a wani karamin bikin a Mosimann, kulob din cin abinci na London.

Goodman ya kasance mai sha'awar West Ham United kuma an nuna shi a wasan kwaikwayo na kwallon kafa na BBC Football Focus a ranar 26 ga Satumba 2009.  Ya kuma kasance mai sha'awar wasan kurket kuma a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2009 ya shiga cikin shahararren wasan kurket na Ashes a Van Nuys, California.

A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2011, Goodman ya bayyana a shirin BBC na Who Do You Think You Are? ,  inda ya gano cewa daya daga cikin kakanninsa na uwa shi ne mai sa siliki wanda ya mutu matalauci a gidan aiki na Bethnal Green. Kakan Goodman, Josef / Joseph Sosnowski, ya fito ne daga Poland, inda ya yi yaƙi a cikin Tashin hankali na Nuwamba, wanda aka ba shi Virtuti Militari, mafi girman kayan ado na soja na Poland don jaruntaka da ƙarfin zuciya. Bayan gano game da kakanninsa, Goodman ya ce: "Ba na jin bambanci, ban bambanta ba, ban bambanta kuma duk da haka ban kasance abin da na yi tunanin ni ba. Na yi tunanin cewa na kasance Anglo-Saxon ne da gaske, Turanci ta hanyar da kuma ta hanyar".

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2009, an gano Goodman da Ciwon daji na prostate,  Landan aka yi masa tiyata a asibitin London. A cikin 2020, an yi masa tiyata don karamin melanoma na fuska.

Ta hanyar ɗansa James, Goodman ya zama kakan a shekarar 2015 lokacin da aka haifi jikansa Alice; an haifi jikinsa Jack shekaru hudu bayan haka a shekarar 2019. 

## Mutuwa
Goodman ya mutu daga ciwon daji na prostate wanda ya yadu zuwa ƙasusuwansa. Ya mutu a wani asibiti a Royal Tunbridge Wells a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 2023, kwana uku kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta 79.   Abokin hulɗa Mai tsauri Bruno Tonioli ya ba da yabo ga Goodman a kafofin sada zumunta. Mai gabatar da shirye-shirye Claudia Winkleman ta kira Goodman "a class act" wanda ke cike da "twinkle, dumi da basira".