George Alagiah's moving words written for his own memorial (2) (1955 - 2023) (UK) BBC - 7th Nov 2023

Описание: Hundreds of people attended a memorial service for BBC News presenter George Alagiah, who died in July. Colleagues and family members alike paid tribute to one of British television's best-loved figures.

On 17 July 2023, three weeks before he died, George Alagiah dictated to his wife Frances the words he wanted to be read aloud at his memorial.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Obituary here:    • George Alagiah passes away (1955 - 2023) (...  

The journalist - the face of BBC One's News At Six since 2007 - was diagnosed in 2014 with stage four bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes. With messages and thoughts of people that knew him (like Sophie Raworth who named one of her children, Georgia, after him in 2005). He died today aged 67. His birthday was last November.

One of my parents, knew one of his parents, a fact I would have pointed out to him if I ever met him, but he, being some years older than me, I never did get the chance to meet him. RIP George.

There is an 'Obituaries' playlist on this channel under "People (& famous animals) - Obituaries (2016+)" here:    • People (& famous animals) - Obituaries (20...  

#GeorgeAlagiah
#RIP
#obituary
#memorial

Wikipedia:
George Maxwell Alagiah OBE was a British newsreader, journalist and television presenter. From 2007 until 2022, he was the presenter of the BBC News at Six and was previously the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News from its launch in 2010 until 2014.