Bill Moyers, a soft-spoken former White House aide turned journalist who became a standard bearer of quality in TV news, died Thursday in New York. He was 91. Moyers’ son William told the Associated Press his father died at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital after a long illness.

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, has died at 91.

Bill Moyers, a former White House press secretary to Lyndon B. Johnson who became the thoughtful voice of public television, has died. He was 91. Moyers died in a New York City hospital on June 26 following a "long illness" and complications from prostate cancer,