The award-winning journalist came to fame for his coverage of the Watergate hearings for PBS; his friend and colleague Jim Lehrer joined him as co-host of the nightly program in 1983.
MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday
MacNeil created and co-anchored the no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades.