Sir Bruce’s family ‘want to bury ashes at Palladium’ – where he got his big break
HIS love for performing saw his career span seven decades.
Now in true showbiz style, Sir Bruce Forsyth’s family reportedly want to bury his ashes at the venue where his rise to stardom began – underneath the boards of the London Palladium.
The former Strictly Come Dancing host died a year ago next Saturday aged 89. His wife Lady Wilnelia, 60, has been leading the effort to have him remembered at the Palladium, it was reported yesterday.
The venue is said to have had a ‘special place in Bruce’s heart’ and his family would regard the move as a ‘perfect tribute’.
A source said: ‘[The Palladium] was where he started his career and he loved that place. He had such fond memories. His family think it would be the perfect tribute to him to leave some of his ashes under the boards there.’
The source told the Daily Star Sunday that Lady Wilnelia thought he would have ‘loved’ the idea with the remaining ashes being kept by the family.
But they are reportedly not yet sure if the venue will allow it.
Sir Bruce, who left school in Edmonton, North London, without any qualifications, made his TV debut on a talent show in 1939 aged only 11.
His big break did not come until 1958 when he hosted Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Sir Bruce rose to become Britain’s highest-paid TV star.
This February, Strictly stars gathered at the Palladium to honour Sir Bruce.