[Magdalen] R.I.P. Gwen Ifill

[Marion Thompson]

No!!!!!! She's a great loss.  God rest her soul.   I'll miss her steady 
presence.

Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....


On 11/14/2016 2:29 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> This is SO sad...and perhaps unexpected? I don't know. Lord, have
> mercy. From CNN:
>
> Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and newscaster who co-hosted “PBS
> NewsHour,” has died at the age of 61, her close friend Michele Norris
> said Monday.
>
> Ifill -- who also worked at The Washington Post, The New York Times
> and NBC News -- became moderator of the PBS "Washington Week in
> Review" in 1999 and co-host of “NewsHour” in 2013. She and co-host
> Judy Woodruff were the first women to co-host a nightly TV news
> broadcast.
>
> Ifill also moderated vice presidential debates in 2004 and 2008, as
> well as a 2016 Democratic primary debate.
>
>