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Robert MacNeil, legendary PBS News anchor, dies at age 93

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By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Longtime broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil, who covered some of the biggest headlines of the 20th century and co-anchored PBS nightly news for two decades, died on Friday, PBS announced. He was 93. MacNeil “was an incredibly erudite reporter, anchor and writer who raised the bar for serious journalism in America,” Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president of NewsHour Productions, said Friday in a news release.…

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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies 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 for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93.

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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died

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Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist who created and anchored PBS NewsHour, dead at 93

Robert MacNeil, the Canadian-born journalist 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, died on Friday. He was 93.

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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died.

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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died

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Robert MacNeil, urbane anchor who founded ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 93

Robert MacNeil, a Canadian-born broadcast journalist who built what is now “PBS NewsHour” and served for two decades as its urbane, evenhanded co-anchor, died April 12 at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 93.

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