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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  2. Agreed, it had to be targeted and professional. Someone benefited from her murder - but it isn't clear who. If this was a terrorist/political act by an Eastern European group - or whoever else - why didn't they proudly claim responsibility?
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  3. They probably didn't know for sure, even if Jill Dando was personally targeted. The assassin may have lingered outside her home a few times before, and on that fateful day got lucky. She had visited that Gowan Avenue address 2 days before her murder, without incident. That Saturday, she found her fax machine was running out of ink (she lived at her fiance's home, and used her own house primarily as an office). That was her reason for returning on Monday - to sort out the fax machine. Hardly an earth-shattering event she'd have mentioned to anyone but her partner. Her brother journalist Nigel Dando believes her killing was an against-the-odds, random event that may not even have been connected with her fame. It's an interesting theory, and if true would explain why it's unsolved.
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  4. A white, smartly dressed man with dark hair, around 6ft tall.
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  5. Utter nonsense! It's a favourite urban myth that Jill Dando was investigating a secret paedophile ring at the BBC, Jimmy Savile, etc. In fact there's no evidence she was doing any such thing. When she was murdered, Jill was preoccupied with nothing more controversial than her own wedding plans. Jill Dando read the news, she was no hard-nosed investigative journalist. She was as vanilla as they come with her holiday and antique shows. If she was this anti-paedophile crusader, she would hardly have been pals with Cliff Richard, knowing all the rumours that swirled around about him and young boys!
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  6. That's an urban myth, there's no evidence she was doing any such thing. Jill Dando was no hard-nosed investigative reporter, working to expose a paedophile ring at the BBC - or anywhere else! She was as vanilla as they come, and preoccupied with nothing more controversial than her own wedding plans when she was murdered. If Jill Dando was so keen to expose predators, she would hardly have been pals with Cliff Richard, knowing all the unsavoury rumours about him and young boys!
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  7. Urban myth. Jill Dando admitted herself she was 'vanilla', it was her stock in trade and made her rich and famous. She was no hard nosed, investigative reporter.
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  8.  @michellediskin1  Interesting, that would confirm it was an Eastern European hit as I believe. Why if those calls were authentic, isn't that accepted as the motive for Jill Dando's murder?
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