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June 27, 2025

Legendary Television Journalist Bill Moyers Dies at 91
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And the legendary journalist Bill Moyers has died at the age of 91. In
the 1960s, Moyers was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps and served
as press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson. In 1971, he began an
award-winning career as a television broadcaster that would last for
over four decades. During that time, Moyers received over 30 Emmys and
countless other prizes. He was elected to the Television Hall of Fame in
1995. Bill Moyers was a frequent guest on Democracy Now!, including this
appearancelegendaryjournalism in 2011:

Bill Moyers: "Democracy should be a break on unbridled greed and power,
because capitalism, capital, like a fire, can turn from a servant, a
good servant, into an evil master. And democracy is the brake on my
passions and my appetites and your greed and your wealth. And we have to
get that equilibrium back."



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