George Alagiah leaves £49,000 to his wife & family after BBC newsreader dies aged 67 following bowel cancer battle
LATE BBC newsreader George Alagiah has left £49,000 to his wife and family in his will.
The former News at Six presenter died on July 24 last year aged 67 after a decade-long battle with bowel cancer.
His will stated that George had £49,387 to his name at the time of his passing.
The will instructs that the money will be given to the sole executrix, which is his widow Frances Alagiah.
The pair were married for 39 years and they have two sons Adam and Matthew.
George – who also presented New at Ten – earned between £335,000 and £399,999, according to the BBC.
It releases the salaries of its highest paid stars and these figures were published just a fortnight before his death.
The will states that if his wife were to pass before him, his sister Miriam Christine Denington would become the guardian of his children.
George then goes on to list his four sisters and sister-in-law as his trustees to have five equal shares of his estates.
The former journalist and presenter also requested that his body be cremated.
The will of George Maxwell Aligiah states: “I appoint my wife Frances Alagiah to be Sole Executrix of this my will but if she shall have died in my lifetime or before proving my Will or shall renounce probate or be unable or unwilling for whatever reason to prove my will the I appoint as alternate Executors and Trustees of my Will my sister-in-law Helen Robathan and my sister Miriam Christine Denington and I declare that the person or person who shall prove my will are hereinafter referred to as ‘my trustees’.
“My trustees shall have the power to invest as freely as if they were beneficially entitled.
“My trustees shall have the power to insure any asset of my estate on such terms as they think fit and to pay premiums out of income or capital.
“To use any insurance money received to restore the asset or if this is not possible to apply it as if it were the proceeds of its sale.
“My trustees may use the income or capital of my estate for or towards the cost of maintaining or improving freehold or leasehold property forming part of my estate.
“My trustees shall have the power in exercising the statutory power of appointing new trustees to appoint a professional person or trust corporation at such remuneration and on such other terms as shall be agreed.
“The Last Will and Testament of Maxwell Alagiah was proved and registered before the High Court of Justice.
“The Administration of George’s estate is granted by this court to the following Executor of Frances Alagiah.
“The application has stated that the gross value of the estate in the United Kingdom amounts to £49,387.00 and the net value amounts to £49,387.00.”