Jim Lehrer, who teamed with Robert MacNeil in 1975 to launch “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” on PBS, died today. He was 85.
 Jim Lehrer |
The Wichita native worked at the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald before moving to public station KERA-TV in the city.
In 1973, he shifted to PBS in Washington, where he covered the Watergate hearings with MacNeil.
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report evolved into “The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour” in 1983 after it becomes TV’s first hour-long news program.
Following the retirement of MacNeil in 1995, Lehrer hosted “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”
He stepped down from what is now called “PBS NewsHour” in 2011 and was succeeded by Judy Woodruff.
Lehrer, who was a Marine Corps. veteran moderated a dozen presidential debates.
Gloria Steinem, who was the face of feminism for a generation, as well as a trailblazer in the media business, passed away on Sept. 2. She was 92.
Leslie Gottlieb, who had a long history of helping nonprofits and charitable organizations tell their stories, passed away on July 15. She was 82.
Frank Ramos, who headed the PR department for the doomed-to-fail New York Jets for 39 years, died on Jan. 27. He was 87.
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Andy Stanton, who was director of finance at Stanton PR, died Nov. 12 in New York. He was 39.
