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Jim Lehrer

Jim LehrerAKA James Charles Lehrer

Born: 19-May-1934
Birthplace: Wichita, KS

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: PBS NewsHour

Military service: USMC

Father: (bus driver)
Wife: Kate Lehrer (novelist, m. 4-Jun-1960, three daughters)
Daughter: Jamie
Daughter: Lucy
Daughter: Amanda

    High School: Thomas Jefferson High School, San Antonio, TX
    University: Victoria College, Texas
    University: University of Missouri (1956)

    The Dallas Times Herald
    The Dallas Morning News
    Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Cosmos Club Award 2005
    National Humanities Medal 1999
    Heart Attack 1983
    Heart Bypass Operation
    Open Heart Surgery aortic valve replacement (Apr-2008)
    Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
    Roast: Don Imus (1999)
    Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
    Roast: Bob Schieffer (2004)
    Roast: Stephen Colbert (2008)
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    TELEVISION
    PBS NewsHour Co-Anchor (1975-2011)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Zoolander 2 (4-Feb-2016)
    Mitt (17-Jan-2014) · Himself

Author of books:
Viva Max! (1966, novel)
We Were Dreamers (1975, novel)
Kick the Can (1988, novel)
Crown Oklahoma (1989, novel)
The Sooner Spy (1990, novel)
Lost and Found (1991, novel)
A Bus of My Own: A Memoir (1992, memoir)
Short List: A One-Eyed Mack Novel (1992, novel)
Blue Hearts: A Novel (1993, novel)
Fine Lines: A One-Eyed Mack Mystery (1994, novel)
The Last Debate: A Novel of Politics and Journalism (1995, novel)
White Widow (1997, novel)
Purple Dots: A Novel (1998, novel)
The Special Prisoner: A Novel (2000, novel)
No Certain Rest: A Novel (2002, novel)
Flying Crows (2004, novel)
The Franklin Affair (2006, novel)
The Phony Marine (2006, novel)
Oh, Johnny! (2009, novel)


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