Former White House press secretary and longtime journalist Bill Moyers dies at 91

Former White House press secretary Bill Moyers, who served as the chief spokesman for former President Lyndon B. Johnson, died on Thursday at the age of 91.

The former aide's death occurred in Manhattan, his son, William Moyers, told CNN. Bill Moyers' wife, Judith Davidson Moyers, was also with him when he died after a long battle with cancer. 

Moyers rose to prominence for serving as Johnson's spokesperson during the buildup to the Vietnam War, and went on to become an influential broadcast journalist who had a long career that spanned over four decades.

The journalist was also crucial in the creation of Johnson's Great Society programs of the 1960s, which he described as being rooted in the idea that “free men and women can work with their government to make things better.”

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