George Alagiah announced the return of terminal cancer in 2017. Is he fine now? Get to know about his illness and the latest health condition update below.
George is a widely known journalist and news presenter. He has been serving as a journalist since the 1980s and is currently working at BBC News Six.
He has achieved a lot of success in journalism, but the 64-year-old is, unfortunately, suffering from cancer. His health situation has not got too extreme but is not good as well.
George Alagiah Terminal Cancer and Illness
George Alagiah has been suffering from terminal colorectal cancer since 2014.
His healthy had significantly improved in October 2015, but he announced in 2017 that cancer has again returned. The illness has got in the lungs and lymph nodes of the journalist.
Moreover, George has assured that the cancer is not chronic but is slowly growing in other organs. He also suffered from the COVID-19 in late March of 2020, but his health is better now.
No, I’m not at Heathrow but at #departures exhibition @MigrationUK Museum in #lewisham. Did you know over a 100-million people of British descent live abroad? pic.twitter.com/EsNBGsckbI
— George Alagiah (@BBCAlagiah) May 22, 2021
George Alagiah Wife
George Alagiah and his wife Frances Robathan have been together since the 1980s.
They got married in the year 1984 and have been living together for 36 years. Furthermore, Geroge is a father to two children named Adam and Matthew. The journalist is living in London with his family.
Is George On Wikipedia?
George Alagiah’s bio can be read on Wikipedia.
A well-detailed page about his wonderful career and achievements has been dedicated to him. Moving on, he attended Van Mildert College and graduated from the University of Durham.
He has won multiple honors like Best International Report at the Royal TV Society and Amnesty International Media Awards.
George Alagiah Age
George Alagiah is 65 years of age.
Born in 1955, we will celebrate his 66th birthday on 22 November 2021. George spent his childhood in Colombo and belongs to Srilankan-British nationality.
After staying in Colombo till age 6, his family moved to Ghana, and he started attending Crist the King International School for primary education.
If a piece of writing can be both sad and inspirational this is it. @anandMenon1 honesty about dealing with loss and it’s emotional and social consequences is a lesson for us all. https://t.co/l6Ikthk9Ok
— George Alagiah (@BBCAlagiah) June 3, 2021
Follow Him On Twitter
George is active on Twitter.
He goes by the username @BBCAlagiah on the platform and has more than 57.8k followers on his page. He has made 951 tweets since he joined Twitter in February of 2010. Geoge is getting a lot of support from his viewers regarding his health on Twitter.
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