BBC news presenter George Alagiah has passed away. He was 67.
Alagiah, who had been presenting News at Six for the network for 20 years, was undergoing treatment for bowel cancer.
As per media reports, Alagiah was born in Colombo and his parents moved to Ghana and then to the UK when he was 11.
Alagiah had once said that he was thankful to BBC for rejecting him thrice.
