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Devastated colleagues told the world of BBC presenter Jill Dando's murder 25 years ago today.
The beloved 37-year-old journalist was shot in the head on her front doorstep in Fulham on April 26, 1999 - with her killer still unfound and the case untouched for 10 years.
Ms Dando's injuries were so severe that police could not initially tell whether she had been shot or stabbed.
Grieving colleagues had to deliver the 'dreadful' news to the rest of the world, despite many being close friends with Ms Dando.
Reporting from the scene, former BBC presenter Clarence Mitchell said on live TV: 'This has been one of the saddest reporting jobs that I've had to fulfill in many a long time.
'I knew Jill well and it really is heartbreaking to report on the murder of a colleague like this.'
BBC presenter Clarence Mitchell reporting from the scene in 1999, after Jill Dando's death
A visibly emotional Jennie Bond reported Ms Dando's death from the BBC office
Ms Bond said the murder of her 'personal friend' still makes her 'blood run cold'
Jill Dando (pictured) was shot in the head on her front doorstep on April 26, 1999
A visibly emotional Jennie Bond reported from the BBC office: 'Within the past few minutes, police have confirmed that the BBC Television presenter Jill Dando has been stabbed to death outside her west London home.
'She died in the ambulance on her way to hospital.'
In an interview years later, Ms Bond said the murder of her 'personal friend' still makes her 'blood run cold'.
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