BBC News RIP
BBC News presenter George Alagiah has died aged 67. He was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2014 and returned to presenting the following year. He continued to present for the BBC when not receiving treatment. BBC Director-General Tim…
Frank Bough has died at the age of 87. He was best known as the former host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross. Over…
Former BBC and ITN news presenter Peter Sissons has died at the age of 77. A statement from his management said: “We are sad to announce that Peter Sissons, the former presenter on ITN, Channel 4 and the BBC, died…
News presenter Richard Baker, who introduced the first TV news bulletin on the BBC in 1954, has died at the aged of 93. The son of a plasterer, Baker was born in Willesden, North London, and educated at the former…
BBC News presenter Rachael Bland has revealed that she has “only got days” to live. Writing on Twitter this afternoon, the 40-year-old, said: “In the words of the legendary Frank S – I’m afraid the time has come my friends….
Former BBC and Sky News presenter Alastair Yates has died at the age of 66. “Terribly sad news. Former colleague Alastair Yates has passed away at 66 years old,” said Peter Dobbie. He was a gentle gentleman of the highest…
Former BBC News Journalist Liz MacKean has died after suffering a stroke. She was 52. The news was announced during Friday’s BBC News at Six. She was the reporter on the expose of Sir Jimmy Savile as a paedophile which…
BBC News reporter Helen Fawkes has died of Cancer. She was first diagnosed with the disease 15 years ago and had over 78 rounds of Chemotherapy. So sad to hear about the death of @helenfawkesUK – brave and inspiring BBC…
Broadcaster and Journalist Steve Hewlett has died at the age of 58. He was diagnosed last March with cancer of the oesophagus. In a statement, his family said: “Over the last year, we have been overwhelmed by the support of…
Former BBC correspondent Chris Simpson has died unexpectedly in Senegal at the age of 53. He worked for the BBC in Angola during the civil war in the 1990s, in Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide and was also…
BBC News presenter Komla Dumor has died at the young age of 41. Komla was born in Accra, Ghana, in 1972, and was one of Ghana’s best known journalists. He joined the BBC in 2007 after a decade of broadcast…
BBC foreign correspondent Jon Leyne has died at the age of 55. Earlier this year, Jon ended his Cairo posting early after suffering from severe headaches. He returned to Britain for treatment and was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour….
BBC News correspondent Brian Hanrahan has died at the age of 61. Hanrahan, a former diplomatic and foreign correspondent, died after a short battle against cancer. Brian will be best remembered for the line: “I counted them all out and…
