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James Charles Lehrer (/ ˈ l ɛər ə / LAIR-ə; [1] May 19, 1934 – January 23, 2020) was an American journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. [2] He was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS News Hour on PBS and was known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns, moderating twelve presidential debates between 1988 and 2012.
Lehrer was born Kate Tom Staples in Waco, Texas, as the only child of Thomas Malcolm Staples, a county extension agent, and Lucy Joplin, a social worker. [8] She attended Texas Christian University where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Kate was married to Jim Lehrer, the news anchor for the PBS NewsHour on PBS, [8] from 1960 until his ...
Lehner died “peacefully in his sleep,” according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983 and more recently, had undergone heart valve surgery in April 2008.
Elizabeth Farnsworth (born December 23, 1943) is a journalist, author, and filmmaker. She is a former foreign correspondent and former chief correspondent and principal substitute anchor of PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Jim Lehrer founded "NewsHour" alongside Robert MacNeil in 1975 and anchored the program for 36 years. Jim Lehrer dead at 85; PBS journalist anchored 'NewsHour' for 36 years [Video] Skip to main ...
Jim Lehrer, Longtime Host of PBS ‘NewsHour,’ Dies at 85
Teamed with Jim Lehrer, the two broadcast and analysed some 250 hours of the hearings in all, sometimes late into the night. [1] This coverage helped lead to and inspire his most famous role, when he joined Lehrer in 1976 to create the PBS daily evening news program The Robert MacNeil Report , later renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report and then ...
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