Robert MacNeil, the stately journalist who brought news to PBS, dies at 93
by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2024
3 minutes
Robert MacNeil, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the first nightly newscast for PBS, died Friday after a long illness. He was 93.
A PBS representative confirmed MacNeil's death. No cause of death was cited.
MacNeil was the founding anchor of "PBS NewsHour," which was first launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report" and later renamed "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour." In the years before cable news and the internet, the program was the lone national
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