Lester Crystal

American television news executive

Born on: September 13, 1934
Died on: June 24, 2020
Aged: 85 years 285 days (1029 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Virgo

Lester Martin Crystal was an Emmy Award-winning American television news executive best known for being the founding executive producer of the nation’s first hour-long nightly newscast, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and also for being president of NBC News.

He joined The NewsHour as executive producer in 1983 and was appointed president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions in 2005, a position he held until his retirement in 2010.

Prior to PBS, Crystal had a 20-year career at the National Broadcasting Company, where he served as president of NBC News from 1977–79, executive producer of NBC Nightly News from 1973–76, European field producer of NBC Nightly News from 1970-1973 and producer of The Huntley-Brinkley Report from 1968-1970.

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