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Bill Moyers Dies: Influential Public Media Journalist And Commentator And Former White House Press Secretary Was 91


Moyers was a top aide to Lyndon Johnson.

Bill Moyers in 2012Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME Bill Moyers, who followed a tenure as a young top aide to Lyndon Johnson with a long career as a much-acclaimed journalist and commentator on public broadcasting, has died. The cause was complications from prostate cancer, his son, William Cope Moyers, told The Washington Post. Moyers stepped away from his digital venture in 2017, telling audiences to “please remain vigilant and engaged as citizens in the civic and political life of your community and our country.

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