Andrew Dan-Jumbo

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Andrew Dan-Jumbo
Born
Andrew Ibifiniwari Dan-Jumbo

(1965-06-25) 25 June 1965 (age 54)
Nigeria
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Andrew Dan-Jumbo (born 25 June 1965) is a builder and co-host on the home improvement reality television series Operation Build. [1] He previously co-starred as a carpenter on the TV home makeover show While You Were Out , [2] and is the current host of Take Home Handyman on TLC. [3] Dan-Jumbo is also host of the talk show Talk with Your Mouth Full on WBBZ-TV. [4]

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Dan-Jumbo was voted one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People. [5] [6] He also occasionally appeared as a carpenter on Trading Spaces , where designer Hildi Santo-Tomas insisted on calling him "Jambo". He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other television programs.

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Dan-Jumbo was born in Nigeria, and raised in London, England. As an adult, he moved to Buffalo, New York, and lived in Annapolis, Maryland, as of 2008. He returned to Buffalo in 2017. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ ":: Operation Buildt :: Meet the Hosts". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ↑ TLC :: While You Were Out :: Meet the Crew Archived March 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Take Home Handyman: Meet Andrew". TLC. Discovery Communications, LLC. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vO6yEyEKM&a
  5. ↑ TLC: 'While You Were Out' (washingtonpost.com)
  6. ↑ TLC :: WYWO :: Andrew Dan-Jumbo Archived March 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


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