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Pioneering Journalist Bill Monroe Dies At 90

Washington Post | by TVNewsCheck

Bill Monroe, a Washington journalist best known for moderating the NBC Sunday talk show Meet the Press during the 1970s and ’80s, died this morning in suburban Washington. He later became Washington editor of the Today show and won a prestigious Peabody award for his work. He also served as president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association.