How fearless BBC stalwart George Alagiah became the reassuring voice of the nation: From dispatches on the frontline of Afghanistan and Rwanda to the first pictures out of Kosovo - the unflappable pre

George Alagiah - who died today aged 67 after a 19-year battle with cancer - had a reassuring presence and unflappable demeanour that made him one of Britain's best loved newsreaders. George Alagiah joined the BBC in 1989 and was one of the broadcaster's leading foreign correspondents Alagiah in 2022 after returning to News At Six following months of treatment The journalist as a young boy with his engineer father, Donald Alagiah was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in April 2014 before finishing treatment in October 2015 and returning to screens a month later. Alagiah in 2006 with his wife, Frances Robathan, and Jane Ashley, the daughter of Laura Ashley He was made an OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours list for services to journalism The journalist became one of the BBC's most renowned foreign correspondents. Alagiah chats to Queen Camilla - then the Duchess of Cornwall - during a 2013 reception at Clarence House Alagiah speaks to the audience during the 2009 reception at Clarence House, which brought together young people and policymakers Alagiah with his co-presenter Natasha Kaplinsky on a News At Six bulletin in 2007 - the year he began presenting duties Alagiah and Raworth during a 'behind the scenes' look at how they put the programme together Before starting with the BBC in 1989, Alagiah was based in Johannesburg as developing world correspondent for South Magazine.