[Magdalen] R.I.P. Gwen Ifill

[Grace Cangialosi]

I heard the announcement on NPR. I think they said she had cancer.

> On Nov 14, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> 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.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA