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, died on Friday. He was 93.
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Robert MacNeil, urbane anchor who founded ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 93
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