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George Maxwell Alagiah (2009)
George Maxwell Alagiah
OBE
(
; 22 November 1955 ? 24 July 2023 was a British
newsreader
,
journalist
and television
news presenter
. He was born in
Colombo
,
Ceylon
.
[1]
Since December 2007, he had been the presenter of the
BBC News at Six
and had also been the main presenter of
GMT
on
BBC World News
since February 2010. He was also the main presenter for the
BBC Ten O'Clock News
since the year 2000.
In April 2014, he was diagnosed with
colorectal cancer
.
[2]
In March 2018, he said his cancer was
terminal
.
[3]
He died on 24 July 2023 from the disease in
London
, England, aged 67.
[4]