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PBS, NBC Exec Larry Grossman Dies At 86

The News York Times | by TVNewsCheck

Lawrence K. Grossman, who as president of PBS doubled the length of the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, its signature news program, then headed NBC News, where he dealt unhappily with budget austerity after it came under General Electric’s ownership, died on Friday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 86.