Bill Moyers, a former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson and longtime broadcast journalist and champion of the free press, has died. He was 91. Moyers’ son William reported that his father died at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York after a "long illness," according to the Associated Press.

Bill Moyers, a former White House press secretary to Lyndon B. Johnson who became the thoughtful voice of public television, has died. He was 91. Moyers died in a New York City hospital on June 26 following a "long illness" and complications from prostate cancer,

Journalist Bill Moyers delivers the keynote speech at the People for the American Way Foundation's Spirit of Liberty dinner in Beverly Hills September 21, 2004. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP/ABP/File Photo (Reuters) -Bill Moyers,