Political commentator and columnist Mark Shields, who shared his insight into American politics and wit on “PBS NewsHour” for decades, has died.
FILE - Mark Shields, a syndicated columnist and political analyst, speaks during a memorial service for the late U.S. Sen. William Proxmire, Saturday, April 1, 2006, at the National Cathedral in Washington. Shields, who shared his insight into American politics and wit on PBS NewsHour for decades, has died. He was 85. PBS NewsHour spokesman Nick Massella says Shields died Saturday, June 18, 2022 of kidney failure at his home in Chevy Chase, Md.
Shields was a regular on the show starting in 1987, the year the show began, and stepped down from his regular Friday night discussion segment in December 2020. He had collaborated with David Brooks since 2001 to provide analysis and commentary in their weekly Shields & Brooks segment and during election specials and conventions and before that with David Gergen and Paul Gigot, according to “PBS NewsHour.” His tenure there spanned six presidencies.
For decades, she said, Shields “wowed us with his encyclopedic knowledge of American politics, his sense of humor and mainly his big heart."The Weymouth, Massachusetts, native graduated from the University of Notre Dame and served in the U.S. Marine Corps, according to “PBS NewsHour.” He began his career in Washington as a legislative assistant and speechwriter for Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire in 1965, according to “PBS NewsHour.” Three years later, Shields joined New York Sen. Robert F.
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