PBS 'NewsHour' host Jim Lehrer dies at 85

By By Mark Kennedy and David Bauder
Updated January 24 2020 - 7:33am, first published 7:27am
PBS broadcaster Jim Lehrer has died at age 85.
PBS broadcaster Jim Lehrer has died at age 85.

Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the nightly PBS NewsHour whose serious, sober demeanour made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died.

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