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Bill Moyers, Former White House Press Secretary and Acclaimed Journalist, Dead at 91

  • Bill Moyers, who served as press secretary under President Lyndon B. Johnson and later gained recognition as a distinguished journalist, passed away at the age of 91 on Thursday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York following an extended illness.
  • Moyers began his political career writing to then-senator Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954, served as his press secretary, and resigned in December 1966 due to disillusionment with government direction.
  • He became publisher of Newsday in 1967, leading investigations that won two Pulitzer Prizes in 1970, including one for exposing secret land deals in Long Island, before leaving the paper in May 1970.
  • Moyers earned more than 30 Emmy Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, and two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Gold Batons throughout his career, and in 1995, he was honored by being named a member of the Television Hall of Fame. He also credited public television with providing a platform for open democratic discussion.
  • He viewed commercial television journalists as talented but constrained by corporate interests, emphasized following one’s heart, and produced influential works including The Secret Government and Healing and the Mind.
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magyarnarancs.hu broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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