ITV News anchor Tom Bradby pays tribute to 'brilliant' friend and colleague Emily Morgan
30.05.2023 - 18:15
/ msn.com
ITV News has shared an extended tribute for Emily Morgan, who sadly died over the weekend at the age of 45. Morgan worked for ITN for 23 years, working her way up to become Health and Science Editor and playing a key role in the reporting of the Covid pandemic. Her death from lung cancer was announced on Saturday (May 27) by the broadcaster.
‘We are saddened to share that Emily Morgan has passed away at the age of 45 following a short battle with lung cancer,’ they wrote in a statement. An outpouring of tributes followed, with the likes of NHS England and Piers Morgan offering their condolences and praising her journalism. Colleague Geraint Vincent also fought back tears as he honoured her during his show, hailing her ‘fearless’ and offering his thoughts out to her family.
Then on Tuesday (May 30), ITV News anchor Tom Bradby shared his own tribute, describing Morgan as ‘brilliant at her job’ but also ‘incredibly funny and completely irreverent. ’The show ended with a compilation of clips from Morgan’s time at ITV, showing her bravely reporting from hospitals at the height of the pandemic, as Bradby narrated. ‘If the sheer volume of time spent on Covid wards exposed her to a degree of risk, she was always clear as to why she was doing it,’ he praised, followed by a clip of Morgan describing it as her ‘duty’ to report ‘firsthand, on the ground.
’‘Over more than a decade, her reporting on health, politics, and much else,’ he continued, describing her as a reporter with ‘style, charisma, compassion, and basic humanity. ’Bradby went on to recall that Morgan started out behind the scenes as a producer. He worked closely with her for five years at Westminster every day, crossing the globe in pursuit of various Prime Ministers.
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