George ALAGIAHBBC newsreader George Alagiah OBE has died at the age of 67, with tributes pouring in for the much-loved journalist.
Politicians, Alagiah's BBC colleagues and broadcasters from other channels have been remembering the newsreader following the sad news being announced.
BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty broke down in tears live on air while presenting her 5 Live radio show after discovering her colleague had died.
The dad-of-two, one of the BBC’s longest-serving newsreaders, spent the last decade living with bowel cancer prior to his death.
The Sri Lanka-born journalist, the face of BBC One's News At Six since 2007, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes, in April 2014.
He endured two rounds of chemotherapy and several operations, including the removal of most of his liver. In October 2015 he announced that his treatment was over and returned to BBC News At Six on November 10.
Alagiah joined the BBC in 1989 and spent many years as one of the corporation's leading foreign correspondents before moving to presenting. He first began hosting the 6pm news bulletin in early 2003, but stepped up to front it solo four years later following the departure of his co-host, Natasha Kaplinsky.
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. Throughout his career he interviewed central political figures, among them former South African president Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and ex-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.
Before joining the BBC, Alagiah worked 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. He was made an OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours.
Our thoughts are with George's family and friends at this sad time. We invite you to pay tribute to George below.
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