'If empathy is the key to good journalism, George had it in spades.' Sky's markaustintv pays tribute to George Alagiah saying 'it was impossible not to like and admire' the presenter. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
The Sri Lanka-born journalist - the face of BBC One's News At Six since 2007 - was diagnosed in 2014 with stage four bowel cancer, which hadHe endured two rounds of chemotherapy and several operations, including the removal of most of his liver.News At Six on 10 November.
But the charity says if you have any of these symptoms, or if things just don't feel right, you should see your GP. Podcast host Jon Sopel, former North America editor of BBC News, said:"Tributes will rightly be paid to a fantastic journalist and brilliant broadcaster - but George was the most decent, principled, kindest, most honourable man I have ever worked with. What a loss."
He was previously a prominent foreign correspondent, often as a specialist in Africa with coverage of civil wars in Somalia and Liberia, as well as the genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago.
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