New York (CNN Business)Jim Lehrer, the legendary debate moderator and former anchor of the “NewsHour” television program, died Thursday. He was 85.
Lehrer’s death was announced by his longtime network home, PBS, where he co-founded the “NewsHour” in 1975.
PBS said Lehrer died “peacefully in his sleep at home” and did not share further information about the cause of death.
Lehrer anchored the “NewsHour,” the flagship newscast on public television in the United States, for 36 years. He retired in 2011. READ MORE
