Fox News White House Journalist Wendell Goler Dies at 70

Fox News White House Journalist Wendell Goler Dies at 70
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Jack Phillips
3/5/2020
Updated:
3/5/2020

Former Fox News correspondent Wendell Goler died at the age of 70, according to the network.

Goler, who joined Fox News in 1996, died earlier in the week. Based in Washington, he covered five presidents throughout his career.

“Wendell was a gifted correspondent, a wonderful colleague and a Fox News original whose reporting was respected on both sides of the aisle. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Marge and his entire family,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement on Thursday.

The Washington Fox News bureau chief Bryan Boughton stated that he will “cherish what he taught me” about journalism.

“Wendell Goler was a great journalist and helped build Fox News from the ground up,” Boughton remarked. “Wendell was a professional who pursued all angles of a story so he could report it fairly. Wendell was also a great guy to work with and brought a lot of fun and smiles to our long hours of travel around the world.”

Goler departed Fox News in 2014, saying it had been a “hell of a ride” during his final day at work.

The Fox report didn’t elaborate on his cause of death, but Fox News host Brit Hume said it may have been kidney failure.

“Very sad to report that longtime Fox News White House correspondent Wendell Goler has died at age 70. He was a true professional who did consistently solid and balanced work for Fox. He was also a wonderfully nice man and a good friend. The apparent cause was kidney failure. RIP,” Hume wrote on Twitter.

Other than Hume, several other Fox News personalities including Bret Baier offered their condolences.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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