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Longtime political journalist, PBS anchorman and the founder of "PBS NewsHour," Robert MacNeil, has passed away in a Manhattan hospital at the age of 93.
Robert MacNeil died Friday morning at the age of 93. He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown looks back ...
MacNeil first gained prominence for his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for the public broadcasting service and began his half-hour “Robert MacNeil ...
News anchor Robert MacNeil, who cohosted "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" on PBS from 1975 to 1995, has died at 93.
Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died ...
Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died.
He was 93. Robert MacNeil, a TV journalist seen here in 1978, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at the age of 93.
Robert MacNeil, who created PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with Jim Lehrer, has died.
Robert MacNeil, the trusted son of a Canadian naval officer who spent two decades alongside Jim Lehrer delivering the nightly news to PBS viewers, has died. He was xx.
Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died ...
Robert MacNeil, the first anchor of what’s now known as PBS NewsHour, died Friday at 93. MacNeil died of natural causes, according to his daughter Alison. He was at New York-Presbyterian ...