Jim Lehrer death: Long-running PBS news host dies aged 85

11:07am PST - January 23rd, 2020    jim lehrer - Independent

Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS NewsHour, has died, PBS said on Thursday. He was 85. Lehrer died "peacefully in his sleep," according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983 and more recently, had undergone heart valve surgery in …