<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Joseph Forsyth Johnson (great - grandfather) William Forsyth (4x great - grandfather) </Td> </Tr> <P> Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth - Johnson CBE (22 February 1928--18 August 2017) was a British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 75 years . In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer . Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium . He went on to host several game shows, including The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right and You Bet! . He co-presented Strictly Come Dancing from 2004 to 2013 . </P> <P> Forsyth was born on Victoria Road in Edmonton, Middlesex on 22 February 1928, the son of Florence Ada (née Pocknell) and John Thomas Forsyth - Johnson . His family owned a car repair garage, and as members of the Salvation Army, his parents played brass instruments and his mother was a singer . His great - grandfather Joseph Forsyth Johnson (1840--1906) was a landscape architect who worked in multiple countries, and great - great - great - great - grandfather William Forsyth (1737--1804) was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and the namesake of the plant genus Forsythia . During World War II, his older brother John, a pilot in the Royal Air Force, was killed in 1943 during a training exercise at RAF Turnberry . Forsyth attended the Latymer School . After watching Fred Astaire in films at age eight, he trained in dance in Tottenham and then Brixton . </P>

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