Jim Lehrer, co-founder and longtime anchor of 'PBS NewsHour,' dies at 85
Jim Lehrer, a longtime anchorman for PBS who appeared on the air for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2011, died Thursday at 85, the news organization announced.
Lehner died “peacefully in his sleep,” according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983 and more recently, had undergone heart valve surgery in April 2008.
Lehrer was born in 1934 in Wichita, Kansas
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