PBS journalist and debate moderator Gwen Ifill and then-Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. (L) shake hands at the end of his vice presidential debate with Republican rival, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in St. Louis, Mo, in this file photo. AP Photo/Don Emmert
NEW YORK—Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and co-anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff, died on Monday of cancer, the network said.
She was 61.
President Barack Obama participates in a televised town hall event at Lerner Theatre in Elkhart, Ind., with PBS NewsHour co-anchor and manager editor Gwen Ifill, ion this file photo. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
