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FORMER ‘PBS NEWS HOUR’ ANCHOR IS DEAD

INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT MacNEIL (NOVEMBER 2000) - YouTube

Robert MacNeil, formerly the anchor of the evening news program
now known as "
PBS News Hour," died Friday of natural causes at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital at 93.

Pioneers of Thirteen | Robert MacNeil | PBS

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FORMER LOCAL TV ANCHOR HAS PASSED

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Former anchor Mike Donahue to speak at Chamber gala | News | thenewsguard.com

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN-TV) — Mike Donahue, who became one
of the most trusted journalists ever in Portland during a 44-
year career with KOIN 6 News, has died following a lengthy
battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.

How I See It: Saying goodbye to KOIN's Mike Donahue - YouTube

 

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TELEVISION JOURNALIST TURNED 49 TODAY

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                                                 Megyn Marie Kelly
   

Journalist and former corporate defense attorney Megyn Kelly was a anchor
at
Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and a talk show host and news correspondent
with
NBC News from 2017 to 2018.

Fox News host Megyn Kelly is known for her work on America Live and
America’s Newsroom. She hosted The Kelly File from 9 to 10 p.m. EST on weekdays. She began hosting Megyn Kelly Today on NBC in 2017.

Kelly played field hockey, basketball, and was a cheerleader in high school.

She practiced law for nearly a decade before finding success in broadcast journalism.

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February, 2016

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BROADCAST JOURNALIST HAS DIED AT 75

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Cokie Roberts (Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts) (December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019)

NEW YORK (AP) — Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up
to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over
several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from
breast cancer.

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Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts anchor "This Week" on ABC,
Jan. 23, 1997.

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ANCHOR RECOVERED ON THIS DAY IN 1983

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The anchor of the USS Monitor, from the American
Civil War, was retrieved by divers on this day in 1983.

The USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by
the Union Navy
in February of 1862. It was lost at sea, December
31, 1862. The wreck was located August 27, 1973.

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Model of USS Monitor.

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