Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91

Moyers, who served as Johnson's press secretary for two years, became one of television's most revered journalists

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died on Thursday at age 91.

Moyers died in a New York City hospital, according to longtime friend Tom Johnson, the former chief executive of CNN and an assistant to Moyers during Lyndon B Johnson's administration.