BBC newsreader George Alagiah passed away yesterday (July 24) at the age of 67, and now his colleague and friend Sophie Raworth has helped fulfil his final wish.
In an emotional tribute to George on BBC News At Six, which he had presented since 2007, Sophie began: "I saw him just a few weeks ago. "He told me he had hoped to come back to work one last time to say thank you and goodbye, right here, live on air in the studio. "He didn't get the chance, so we have done it for him.
I will leave you now with his own words." The broadcast then showed a video of George discussing his life and cancer battle.
In the clip, he said: "My life, for what it is worth, is divided into pre-cancer and post-cancer. "The weird thing about a bowel cancer journey is you don’t really know the beginning and you don’t really know the end. "So I know the day I was diagnosed with bowel cancer, but I don’t know when it started.
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