Robert MacNeil, founder and the first anchor of the PBS NewsHour nightly newscast has died at 93. MacNeil created the must-watch MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with Jim Lehrer for 20 years.
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Robert MacNeil, founder and the first anchor of the PBS NewsHour nightly newscast has died at 93. MacNeil created the must-watch MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with Jim Lehrer for 20 years.