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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Robert MacNeil, urbane anchor who founded ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 93
He forged a two-decade partnership with Jim Lehrer, his co-anchor on public television
April 12, 2024 at 12:27 p.m. EDT