{"id":91722,"date":"2026-07-10T06:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91722"},"modified":"2026-07-10T06:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:21:30","slug":"ann-widdecombe-dies-aged-78-former-conservative-mp-became-surprise-star-of-strictly-come-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/10\/ann-widdecombe-dies-aged-78-former-conservative-mp-became-surprise-star-of-strictly-come-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Widdecombe dies aged 78: Former Conservative MP became surprise star of Strictly Come Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA27BXpS.img?w=634&h=866&m=6&x=18&y=137&s=358&d=257\" alt=\"Ann Widdecombe , the former MP and MEP who also featured on Strictly Come Dancing, has died aged 78, her representative has said.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/ann-widdecombe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Ann Widdecombe<\/a>, the former Conservative MP and minister who also featured on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/strictly_come_dancing\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Strictly<\/a> Come Dancing, has died aged 78, her representative has said.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/ann-widdecombe-dies-aged-78-former-conservative-mp-became-surprise-star-of-strictly-come-dancing\/ar-AA27BZSc?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a4fe11c764a453e88e39f12c725d473&cvpid=e7a1225d1e474ee9df47a234b2cb1195&ei=10\">\u00a0Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Ann Widdecombe, the former Conservative MP and minister who also featured on\u00a0Strictly Come Dancing, has died aged 78, her representative has said.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Anne-Widdicombe.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91724,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91722\/revisions\/91724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}