The_AT0 journalist_NN1 died_VVD of_PRF complications_NN2 from_PRP kidney_NN1 failure_NN1 on_PRP Tuesday_NP0 
Longtime_AJ0 television_NN1 journalist_NN1 Roger_NP0 Mudd_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ once_AV0 served_VVD as_PRP an_AT0 anchor_NN1 for_PRP CBS_NP0 and_CJC NBC_NP0 ,_PUN has_VHZ died_VVN ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD 93._CRD 
Mudd_NP0 died_VVD on_PRP Tuesday_NP0 of_PRF complications_NN2 from_PRP kidney_NN1 failure_NN1 at_PRP his_DPS home_NN1 in_PRP McLean_NP0 ,_PUN Virginia_NP0 ,_PUN his_DPS son_NN1 ,_PUN Jonathan_NP0 Mudd_NP0 ,_PUN told_VVD The_AT0 Washington_NP0 Post_NN1 ._SENT 
Born_VVN on_PRP Feb._NP0 9_CRD ,_PUN 1928_CRD ,_PUN Mudd_NP0 first_ORD began_VVD his_DPS journalism_NN1 career_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 1950s_CRD ,_PUN per_PRP The_AT0 Hill_NP0 ,_PUN before_CJS later_AV0 making_VVG a_AT0 name_NN1 for_PRP himself_PNX at_PRP CBS_NP0 News_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP spent_VVD 20_CRD years_NN2 covering_VVG various_AJ0 political_AJ0 stories_NN2 while_CJS also_AV0 serving_VVG as_PRP the_AT0 weekend_NN1 anchor_NN1 for_PRP CBS_NP0 Evening_NN1 News_NN1 ,_PUN sometimes_AV0 filling_VVG in_AVP for_PRP fellow_AJ0 anchor_NN1 Walter_NP0 Cronkite_NP0 on_PRP weeknight_NN1 broadcasts_NN2 ._SENT 
In_PRP 1980_CRD ,_PUN Mudd_NP0 left_VVD CBS_NP0 for_PRP rival_AJ0 network_NN1 NBC_NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ he_PNP would_VM0 go_VVI on_AVP to_PRP co-anchor_NP0 NBC_NP0 Nightly_AJ0 News_NN1 with_PRP Tom_NP0 Brokaw_NP0 ,_PUN in_PRP addition_NN1 to_PRP American_AJ0 Almanac_NN1 and_CJC 1986._CRD He_PNP also_AV0 served_VVD as_PRP co-moderator_NN1 of_PRF Meet_VVB the_AT0 Press_NN1 ._SENT 
Later_AV0 in_PRP life_NN1 ,_PUN Mudd_NP0 also_AV0 became_VVD an_AT0 essayist_NN1 and_CJC correspondent_NN1 for_PRP PBS_NP0 '_POS The_AT0 MacNeil-Lehrer_NP0 News_NN1 Hour_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 host_NN1 of_PRF various_AJ0 programs_NN2 for_PRP The_AT0 History_NN1 Channel_NN1 ,_PUN per_PRP The_AT0 Hollywood_NP0 Reporter_NN1 ._SENT 
Mudd_NP0 is_VBZ most_AV0 commonly_AV0 remembered_VVN for_PRP an_AT0 award-winning_AJ0 1979_CRD interview_NN1 he_PNP conducted_VVD with_PRP then-presidential_AJ0 candidate_NN1 ,_PUN Senator_NP0 Edward_NP0 M_NP0 ._SENT Kennedy_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ was_VBD running_VVG for_PRP the_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 nomination_NN1 against_PRP Jimmy_NP0 Carter_NP0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 journalist_NN1 simply_AV0 asked_VVD the_AT0 politician_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Why_AVQ do_VDB you_PNP want_VVI to_TO0 be_VBI president_NN1 ?_SENT "_PUQ which_DTQ appeared_VVD to_TO0 catch_VVI Kennedy_NP0 off_PRP guard_NN1 as_CJS he_PNP came_VVD up_AVP with_PRP an_AT0 unpolished_AJ0 response_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 interview_NN1 would_VM0 later_AV0 win_VVI Mudd_NP0 a_AT0 Peabody_NP0 Award_NN1 ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP The_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 Times_NN2 ._SENT 
"_PUQ All_DT0 of_PRF us_PNP at_PRP A+E_NN1 Networks_NN2 mourn_VVB the_AT0 loss_NN1 of_PRF Roger_NP0 Mudd_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ said_VVD network_NN1 president_NN1 Paul_NP0 Buccieri_NP0 in_PRP a_AT0 statement_NN1 provided_VVN to_PRP PEOPLE_NN0 ._SENT "_PUQ Roger_NP0 was_VBD our_DPS first_ORD on-air_AJ0 anchor_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 early_AJ0 days_NN2 of_PRF The_AT0 HISTORY_NN1 Channel_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP will_VM0 be_VBI forever_AV0 grateful_AJ0 for_PRP his_DPS leadership_NN1 and_CJC enormous_AJ0 contributions_NN2 which_DTQ helped_VVD build_VVI The_AT0 HISTORY_NN1 Channel_NN1 brand_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
The_AT0 statement_NN1 continued_VVD :_PUN "_PUQ He_PNP had_VHD a_AT0 remarkable_AJ0 ,_PUN award-winning_AJ0 career_NN1 in_PRP television_NN1 and_CJC we_PNP are_VBB very_AV0 proud_AJ0 to_TO0 be_VBI a_AT0 part_NN1 of_PRF his_DPS legacy_NN1 ._SENT Our_DPS deepest_AJS sympathies_NN2 are_VBB with_PRP his_DPS family_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
"_PUQ He_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 journalist_NN1 of_PRF enormous_AJ0 integrity_NN1 and_CJC character_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP would_VM0 not_XX0 budge_VVI if_CJS he_PNP believed_VVD he_PNP was_VBD right_AJ0 and_CJC would_VM0 not_XX0 compromise_VVI his_DPS ethical_AJ0 standards_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ CBS_NP0 News_NN1 President_NP0 Susan_NP0 Zirinsky_NP0 said_VVD in_PRP a_AT0 statement_NN1 about_PRP Mudd_NP0 to_PRP CNN_NP0 ._SENT 
In_PRP a_AT0 written_AJ0 statement_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 outlet_NN1 ,_PUN Mudd_NP0 's_POS family_NN1 also_AV0 added_VVD :_PUN "_PUQ Roger_NP0 loved_VVD and_CJC collected_VVD books_NN2 ,_PUN read_VVB good_AJ0 ,_PUN old-fashioned_AJ0 newspapers_NN2 ,_PUN front_AJ0 to_PRP back_NN1 ,_PUN every_AT0 morning_NN1 of_PRF his_DPS life_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC watched_VVD the_AT0 evening_NN1 news_NN1 as_CJS much_AV0 as_CJS he_PNP could_VM0 stand_VVI ._SENT "_PUQ 
Mudd_NP0 and_CJC his_DPS wife_NN1 of_PRF 53_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN Emma_NP0 Jeanne_NP0 "_PUQ E.J._NP0 "_PUQ Spears_NN2 ,_PUN lived_VVN for_PRP many_DT0 years_NN2 in_PRP McLean_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Post_NN1 reported_VVD ,_PUN before_CJS her_DPS death_NN1 in_PRP 2011._CRD 
Mudd_NP0 is_VBZ survived_VVN by_PRP his_DPS four_CRD children_NN2 ,_PUN as_CJS well_AV0 as_CJS 14_CRD grandchildren_NN2 and_CJC two_CRD great-grandchildren_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 outlet_NN1 said_VVD ._SENT 
