- 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.
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