US EditionBill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
NEW YORK CITY, JUN 26 – Bill Moyers won over 30 Emmy Awards and 11 Peabody Awards during his broadcasting career and influenced public media and political journalism for over four decades.
- Bill Moyers, who served as press secretary during Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency from 1965 to 1967, passed away Thursday at the age of 91 in a hospital in New York City.
- He left the White House because he no longer supported the Vietnam War, believing the government had shifted its focus away from reform efforts toward pursuing the war.
- Moyers began his journalism career at 16 and later created shows on public television exploring poverty, racism, and media shortcomings.
- He received over 30 Emmy Awards and 11 Peabody Awards, was honored with a place in the Television Hall of Fame in 1995, and both produced and authored the 1988 Iran-Contra documentary and book titled The Secret Government.
- His work gave him freedom to open democratic conversation and urged citizens to remain vigilant and engaged in civic life amid democracy's fragility.
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Bill Moyers, broadcaster and LBJ’s White House press secretary, dies at 91 - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Bill Moyers, a key member of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson’s inner circle and later a guiding force in American journalism during more than 40 years in public television, has died at the age of 91, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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