‘NewsHour’ host and debate moderator Jim Lehrer dies at 85

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:42:11 +0000

NEW YORK: Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the nightly PBS “NewsHour” whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85. Lehrer died “peacefully in his sleep,” according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983 and more […]

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