Rest in peace🖤
BBC newsreader George Alagiah has died at the age of 67, his agent has said.
Alagiah joined the BBC in 1989 and spent many years as one of the corporation's leading foreign correspondents before moving to presenting. Before joining the BBC, Alagiah workied as a print journalist and went on to write a number of books including A Home From Home, which looked at what it means to be British.
Appearing in a campaign in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support in 2022, speaking about the impact of his own experience of living with stage four bowel cancer, Alagiah said:"People always ask me how I cope and it's the hardest question... He said:"A recent scan showed that my cancer has spread further so it's back to some tough stuff. I'm missing my colleagues. Working in the newsroom has been such an important part of keeping energised and motivated."
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