George Alagiah, a renowned BBC newsreader, has away at the age of 67 following a nine-year fight with intestinal cancer.
The BBC's longest-tenured and most reputable correspondent, Alagiah, received a colon cancer diagnosis in 2014.
For more than three decades, he reported and presented for the BBC, hosting BBC News at Six for 20 years while also winning accolades as a foreign correspondent in the years before.
He was born in Sri Lanka and spent his early years in Ghana and England before joining the BBC in 1989 as a foreign affairs journalist and then as an Africa correspondent.
For his coverage of the Burundian civil conflict, George was voted the year's top journalist by Amnesty International in 1994. He also took home the Broadcasting Press Guild's television journalist prize.
Before becoming one of the primary presenters of BBC News at Six in 2003, George later delivered the BBC One O'Clock News, Nine O'Clock News, and BBC Four News. For many years, George also had his own programme on BBC World News.
In 2008, he received an OBE for his services to journalism.
George returned to presenting in 2015 despite receiving a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis in 2014. When not receiving treatment, he continued to present for the BBC.
Together with Frances Robathan, his wife of 40 years, he has two sons and three grandchildren.
The BBC reported that the news of Alagiah's passing was accurate:
"Everyone at the BBC is deeply saddened by the news about George. We are currently considering his family.
"George was one of the best and bravest journalists of his generation, covering news expertly and bravely from all around the globe.
Audiences could tell that he was more than just a superb journalist because of his warmth, understanding, and admirable humanity. Everyone liked him, and we will miss him terribly.