Robert MacNeil died Friday morning at the age of 93. He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour.

Robert MacNeil died Friday morning at the age of 93. He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour.

Before the issuance of Trump’s executive order, even the New York Times’s David Brooks, a regular commentator on NewsHour, acknowledged the distinctive audience drawn to his show.

artist MacNeil, Hermon Atkins 1866-1947 photographer Ward, De Witt d. 1937 Subject Williams, Roger Notes On photo mount label: H. A. MacNeil. Portrait bust of Roger Williams (1607-1684). New York, New ...