How DWTS Season 32 Will Honor Late Decide Len Goodman

This yr, receiving the mirrorball trophy shall be additional particular. 

Dancing with the Stars has introduced that the famed trophy shall be renamed and redesigned in honor one of many longtime cornerstones of the competitors present—the late decide Len Goodman. 

“The Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy will now be lifted on Dancing With the Stars just like the Vince Lombardi trophy is lifted on the Tremendous Bowl,” govt producer Conrad Inexperienced advised USA Immediately on Sept. 20. “We needed to make Len a everlasting a part of this present, to all the time remind folks the significance he is needed to Dancing With the Stars and the way a lot he meant to all of us.”

Len handed away in April of this yr on the age of 78 after privately battling bone most cancers. 

“It’s with nice unhappiness to announce that Len Goodman has handed away peacefully, aged 78,” Len’s rep mentioned in an April 24 assertion obtained by NBC Information . “A a lot cherished husband, father and grandfather who shall be sorely missed by household, buddies and all who knew him.”