Article: Friends of Jill Dando celebrate TV star's life

HUNDREDS of friends of the murdered television presenter Jill Dando gathered yesterday to pay tribute to her life.

Miss Dando was shot dead at her home in Fulham, west London, in April, but her killer is still at large.

Sir Cliff Richard, Miss Dando's childhood heart-throb, performed the song This Love, and was among the many people to speak warmly of the TV personality at the service in All Souls' Church, next to BBC Broadcasting House in central London.

The service took place three days after Miss Dando had been due to marry Alan Farthing. Friends said the service was a celebration of her life, following the desolation that marked her funeral.

"Then the atmosphere was one of desperation, ...

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