George Alagiah Net Worth

Alagiah is estimated to be worth between $1 million at the time of his death. His lucrative work as a broadcast journalist accounts for the majority of his income.

George Alagiah Salary

George Alagiah receives a respectable wage at BBC .Annual income at the BBC is £329,999 on average.

George Alagiah Bio

George Alagiah was a journalist, newsreader, and television news host from the United Kingdom.
He has been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its debut on 1 February 2010 and has been the host of BBC News at Six since 3 December 2007.

George Alagiah Age

Alagiah was born on 22 November 1955 in Colombo, Ceylon.

Cause of his Death

Alagiah was revealed to be receiving treatment for colorectal cancer in April 2014. Late in October 2015, he tweeted that the treatment was finished and that he would be coming back to the BBC on November 10. It was discovered in January 2018 that the cancer had returned, necessitating additional treatment.
Alagiah stated in a March 2018 interview with The Sunday Times that his cancer was terminal and might have been discovered sooner if England had a screening program.
Alagiah stated that his cancer had spread to his lungs, liver, and lymph nodes in June 2020, but that it was not in a “chronic” or “terminal” stage at that time.

Alagiah revealed in October 2022 that his cancer had spread further and  he subsequently took a break from television to undergo a new course of treatment.
Alagiah died on 24 July 2023, at the age of 67. His agent stated that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family and loved ones

George Alagiah Parents

Therese and engineer Donald Alagiah are his parents. His parents relocated to Ghana in West Africa from Sir Lanka. He has four sisters.

George Alagiah Wife

Alagiah met Frances Robathan at Durham University and they later got married.

Adam and Matthew are the couple’s two children. The family resides in North London’s Stoke Newington..

George Alagiah Education Background

He attended Christ the King International School for his elementary education. After completing his secondary education at the independent Roman Catholic school St. John’s College in Portsmouth, England, he went on to study politics at Van Mildert College at Durham University.

He served as a sabbatical officer of the Durham Students’ Union while attending Durham, where he also wrote for and eventually edited the student publication Palatinate.

George Alagiah Career Background

After working for South Magazine for seven years as a print journalist, Alagiah joined the BBC in 1989. He worked as a broadcaster before working as a Southern Africa correspondent in Johannesburg and a Developing World journalist out of London. He covered a variety of stories as one of the BBC’s top international journalists.

From the show’s 2002 debut to its later relaunch as The World and subsequent edition of World News Today, he served as its host. He previously served as the BBC One O’Clock News and BBC Nine O’Clock News deputy anchor from 1999 to January 2003. He has been hosting World News Today since 3 July 2006 on BBC World News and BBC Two, which was renamed GMT on 1 February 2010. He last made an appearance on the show in 2014. Prior to this, he filled in for primary presenters Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce on BBC News at Ten, usually from Monday to Thursday.