# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-macneil
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:25:53.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-macneil"
name: "Robert MacNeil"
slug: "robert-macneil"
description: "Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, often known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, writer and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975. MacNeil co-anchored the program until 1995. The show eventually became the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and is today PBS News Hour."
tagline: "American writer and journalist (1931–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_MacNeil_accepting_Cronkite_Award.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-01-19"
deathDate: "2024-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump