MacNeil created and co-anchored the no-frills PBS newscast 'The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour' with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades.
Robert MacNeil, 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, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93.MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil.
'MacNeil also created the Emmy-winning 1986 series 'The Story of English,' with the MacNeil-Lehrer production company, and was co-author of the companion book of the same name.Another book on language that he co-wrote, 'Do You Speak American?,' was adapted into a PBS documentary in 2005.In 2007, he served as host of 'America at a Crossroads,' a six-night PBS package exploring challenges confronting the United States in a post-9/11 world.
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