Trivia

In 2013 it was announced that Mark Fear, Kendall's civil partner, had committed suicide four months after the star's death. They had been together for 23 years.

Joined the BBC in 1948. In September 1955 he became the first person to appear on British television reading the news (before that only the newsreader's voice was heard), a position he continued to hold until 1961 when he went freelance. In 1969 he returned to the BBC, staying until 1981.

He once received an award for best-dressed newsreader from Style International.

In World War II he served as a captain in the Coldstream Guards and was wounded in the Normandy landings.

Ran a small business as an art dealer in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.

Voted #1 newscaster of 1979 by "Daily Mirror" readers.

Was a keen dog lover.

Was a resident of St. Martin in Cornwall for several years.

Was a former schoolmaster; his position was teaching French at a prep school but he found himself too impatient to stay with the job.

During the BBC Two news bulletin on Tuesday 17th July 1979, he famously lost a tooth.