Robert MacNeil, a pioneer of public media journalism and a driving force behind the show that would become the PBS NewsHour, died Friday at the age of 93. A lifelong lover of language, literature ...

MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian ... for the public broadcasting service and began his half-hour "Robert MacNeil Report" on PBS in 1975 with his friend Lehrer as Washington ...

Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades ...

Robert MacNeil, formerly the anchor of the evening news program now known as "PBS NewsHour," has died at 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, his daughter ...

Robert MacNeil, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the first nightly newscast for PBS, died Friday in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 93. A PBS representative confirmed MacNeil ...

Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil ... Finding Myself in America.” His wife, Donna MacNeil, died in 2015. His first marriage, to Rosemarie Coopland, ended in divorce, as did his second marriage ...

Robert MacNeil, the longtime PBS anchor who started "PBS NewsHour," has died at the age of 93. His daughter Alison MacNeil confirmed that her father, who was also known as Robin, died Friday at a ...

Robert MacNeil, the veteran PBS newsman who co-founded and co-hosted the long-running PBS NewsHour and MacNeil/Lehrer Report with Jim Lehrer, died today of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian ...

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.

Correction: This segment misidentified Civil Rights activist Roy Wilkins as his nephew, Civil Rights leader Roger Wilkins. The transcript has been corrected. We ...

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died. NEW YORK — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Robert MacNeil, the trusted son of a Canadian naval officer who spent two decades alongside Jim Lehrer delivering the nightly news to PBS viewers, died Friday ...