{"id":442831,"date":"2023-11-15T07:19:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=442831"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:19:21","slug":"natasha-kaplinsky-makes-rare-public-show-at-george-alagiahs-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/celebrities\/natasha-kaplinsky-makes-rare-public-show-at-george-alagiahs-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Kaplinsky makes rare public show at George Alagiah&apos;s memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Natasha Kaplinsky makes a rare public appearance as she attends memorial for fellow BBC News At Six presenter George Alagiah in London after journalist&#8217;s tragic death from cancer<\/h1>\n<p>Natasha Kaplinsky made a rare appearance in public on Tuesday as she attended the memorial for her fellow News At Six presenter George Alagiah in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newsreader George passed away in July aged 67 after a years-long battle with bowel cancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair were firm friends and co-hosted News At Six from 2005 to 2007, when Natasha left to relaunch Five and George stepped up to host the show solo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Natasha, 51, joined other BBC stars including Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth and Nick Robinson in paying tribute to their beloved friend at\u00a0the service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kaplinsky previously said it was a &#8216;privilege&#8217; to be friends with Mr Alagiah as she paid tribute to him after news of his death broke four months ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77518461-12721721-image-a-28_1699382816898.jpg\" height=\"510\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Supportive:\u00a0Natasha Kaplinsky made a rare appearance in public on Tuesday as she attended the memorial for her fellow News At Six presenter George Alagiah in London<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77518465-12721721-image-a-29_1699382821099.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Co-hosts: Natasha and George were firm friends and co-hosted News At Six from 2005 to 2007 (pictured on the set of the BBC Six O&#8217;Clock news in 2007)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Goodbye dearest George. I will miss you so very much. It was such a privilege to be your friend&#8217;, she wrote on Instagram alongside a smiley selfie of the two of them.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha joined the BBC in 2001 and became the host of Six O&#8217;Clock news in 2005. In 2007 she left to help relaunch Five, now known as Channel 5<\/p>\n<p>Natasha was the first ever winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004 with partner Brendan Cole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She helped to co-present the second series while Tess Daly was on maternity leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However she now enjoys a life away from the spotlight, living in the Sussex countryside with her husband Justin, whom she married in 2005 and her two children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He endured two rounds of chemotherapy and several operations, including the removal of most of his liver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77518463-12721721-image-m-31_1699382886797.jpg\" height=\"860\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Out and about: Natasha is now rarely seen in public but joined her fellow BBC stars to pay tribute to George at the St Martin In The Fields Church<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77518389-12721721-image-a-32_1699382923849.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77518387-12721721-image-a-33_1699382926434.jpg\" height=\"117\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Thoughtful: Natasha shared a sweet selfie of the pair when news broke of his passing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77511041-12721721-BBC_News_at_Six_presenter_George_Alagiah_died_on_July_24_in_Lond-a-34_1699382986888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sad: BBC News at Six presenter George Alagiah died on July 24 in London aged 67<\/p>\n<p>In October 2015 he announced that his treatment was over and returned to BBC News At Six on November 10.<\/p>\n<p>Alagiah joined the BBC in 1989 and spent many years as one of the corporation&#8217;s leading foreign correspondents before moving to presenting.<\/p>\n<p>He first began hosting the 6pm news bulletin in early 2003, but stepped up to front it solo four years later following the departure of his co-host\u00a0Natasha.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In October last year, Alagiah announced he was taking a break from presenting the BBC&#8217;s News At Six following another scan.<\/p>\n<p>Alagiah spoke openly about the experience of living with cancer, joining a videocast for the charity Bowel Cancer UK in 2020 in which he said he sometimes felt he had the &#8216;easy part&#8217;, living with bowel cancer while his loved ones had to watch.<\/p>\n<p>He died on July 24 in London aged 67.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77508971-12721721-BBC_newsreader_Sophie_Raworth_is_among_those_at_George_Alagiah_s-a-35_1699382996503.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stars: BBC newsreader\u00a0Sophie Raworth is among those at George Alagiah&#8217;s memorial service today<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/18\/77508981-12721721-BBC_presenters_Fiona_Bruce_left_and_Mishal_Husain_speak_outside_-a-36_1699383001620.jpg\" height=\"1196\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Crowds: BBC presenters Fiona Bruce (left) and Mishal Husain speak outside the memorial today<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12721721\/Natasha-Kaplinsky-rare-public-appearance-George-Alagiah-memorial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natasha Kaplinsky makes a rare public appearance as she attends memorial for fellow BBC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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