Forsyth was married to Penny Calvert from 1953 until their divorce in 1973 , with whom he had three daughters named Debbie , Julie , and Laura . In 1973 , he married Anthea Redfern , the hostess on '' The Generation Game '' . They had two daughters , Charlotte and Louisa , before divorcing in 1979 . Asked to judge the 1980 Miss World competition , Forsyth met Puerto Rican beauty queen Wilnelia Merced , who was a fellow judge . They were married from 1983 until his death in 2017 . They had one son together , Jonathan Joseph , better known as " JJ " . By his six children , Forsyth had nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren
1980 Miss World competition
Miss World 1980
Bruce Forsyth