Naga Munchetty in tears after finding out about George Alagiah's death live on air

dailyrecord.co.uk:

BBC Breakfast host Naga Mucnhetty broke down in tears live on air after finding out about the death of her colleague George Alagiah.Earlier today we reported the newsreader has died at the age of 67.

His agent Mary Greenham confirmed to the PA news agency: “I am so terribly sorry to inform you that George Alagiah died peacefully today, surrounded by his family and loved ones.“George fought until the bitter end but sadly that battle ended earlier today.“George was deeply loved by everybody who knew him, whether it was a friend, a colleague or a member of the public.

He simply was a wonderful human being.“My thoughts are with Fran, the boys and his wider family.”The Sri Lanka-born journalist, the face of BBC One’s News At Six since 2007, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes, in April 2014.The announcement that George died peacefully "surrounded by his family and loved ones" came as Naga was in the middle of her 5 Live radio show, as writes the Mirror.

She was visibly upset as she told listeners: "We've had the very sad news that our colleague George Alagiah, BBC presenter - you all know him - who has been living with bowel cancer since 2014 - he has since stepped back from presenting BBC News."We've just heard the news he has died aged 65.