Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "Jill Dando: The untold story of the murder that shocked Britain" video.

  1. 0:02 I was at the National Television Awards at the Royal Albert Hall that chilly Tuesday night, 27th October 1998, and clearly recall Jill Dando's arrival. All eyes were on her, she looked a million dollars in that glamorous, head-turning red dress. She was with her fiance-to-be Alan Farthing (they announced their engagement on January 31st 1999). She truly glowed, it was clear she was in a wonderful place in her life, happy and successful, both professionally and personally. Jill later presented one of the awards at the huge industry bash hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald. Sitting in the audience I remarked to my friend how spookily similar to Princess Diana she looked. Diana had died the previous year, aged 36. We would never have believed Jill Dando would be killed in an even more violent and horrific way 6 months later, aged 37. Truth really is stranger than fiction. 'It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive', as the saying goes. There's no doubt Jill Dando was travelling hopefully, and the happiest she'd ever been when her life was cruelly stolen from her. Among her hopes for the future were a happy marriage, and children. She gave every indication she'd be a wonderful mother. Her own beloved mum Jean died at 57, after battling leukaemia. Jill was just 24. when she lost her. Mother and daughter both suffered serious health issues in their lives. How her mum must have fretted over the 3-year-old Jill, just a tot when she had life-saving surgery for a hole in her heart and a blocked pulmonary artery. She sailed through the major ops, and was set to enjoy a normal life-span. I guess there's some mercy that her mum never knew of her murder - Jill's poor dad Jack had to suffer that tragedy to the end of his days. Coping with her mother's devastating cancer diagnosis and death, must have been horrendous blows for Jill. She was buried beside her mum in Weston-Super-Mare, and sadly her dad Jack subsequently joined them in 2009. It's devastating to think of the kids she'd have raised with so much love. Children who because of this act of evil, were never born. Which reminds me of another famous quote: 'For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been'.
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