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PBS’s Jim Lehrer Has Heart Surgery

mediabistro.com: TVNewser found this 4/25/2008 on tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchor of PBS's signature evening newscast, underwent a successful heart valve procedure on Wednesday. "Jim plans to be back at full speed and on the program within a few weeks," the network said in a statement on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Mr. Lehrer said he first felt ill last Friday. He checked into the Massachusetts General [...]