Bill Moyers, who spent time as a correspondent at both CBS News and PBS News in addition to his time serving as White House Press Secretary, has died.
Moyers wrote, produced, or hosted a wide variety of programs for PBS News during his tenure, including Frontline, Bill Moyers’ Journal, Moyers & Company, Now with Bill Moyers, and Creativity with Bill Moyers, among others between 1971 and 2010.
During his time with the outlet, he earned two Peabody Awards, four Primetime Emmys, and a three Humanitas Prizes.
In 1976, he joined CBS News as editor and chief correspondent for CBS Reports. He also worked on documentaries and provided commentary for CBS Evening News alongside Dan Rather beginning in 1981. He later departed the network in 1986 after famously stating that CBS News “steadily blurred” the lines between entertainment and news.
In 2006, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy for “devoting his lifetime to the exploration of the major issues and ideas of our time and our country, giving television viewers an informed perspective on political and societal concerns.”
Before his time in television, he served as the White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 in the Lyndon B. Johnson White House. He resigned from the position to become the publisher of Newsday.
He also worked at both NBC and MSNBC in the 1990s.
On Thursday, Boyers’ son told the Associated Press he had passed away after an extended illness at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Bill Moyers was 91.
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