Overview

• CBS News confirmed his death Saturday in Washington, D.C., with no cause disclosed after a period of ill health and diabetes.
• Knoller worked at CBS News from 1988 to 2020, covering administrations from the end of George H. W. Bush through Donald Trump’s first term.
• He became known as the White House’s unofficial statistician, compiling exhaustive, publicly shared logs of presidential actions, travel, and remarks.
• As his radio work waned, he shifted to Twitter/X, where his White House data and commentary drew an audience of about 300,000 followers.
• CBS leaders and colleagues paid tribute, praising his tireless reporting, encyclopedic records, and generosity in sharing information.