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Bill Moyers Dies at 91

A former White House press secretary turned PBS documentarian, he died Thursday in New York following a long illness.

Bill Moyers, former press secretary, has died at 91
White House press secretary Bill Moyers appears at a press briefing at White House in Washington on Feb. 25, 1966.
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Overview

  • He passed away June 26 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York after a prolonged illness.
  • Moyers served as Lyndon B. Johnson’s press secretary from 1965 to 1967 before building a four-decade career in television news at PBS and CBS.
  • His PBS programs such as Bill Moyers Journal and Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth set a standard for in-depth interviews on government corruption, media consolidation and social issues.
  • In 1986 he and his wife founded Public Affairs Television to preserve editorial independence and produced award-winning documentaries on topics ranging from constitutional history to environmental abuse.
  • He earned over 30 Emmy Awards, 11 Peabody Awards and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in recognition of his incisive and principled journalism.