Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died. CBS News says Mudd died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia. In the report, Mudd asked the Massachusetts senator a simple question: "Why do you want to be president?" VERNON JORDAN, EX-CLINTON ADVISER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, DEAD AT 85In five years on "NewsHour," Mudd served as a senior correspondent, essayist and occasional anchor. In 1977, Mudd received an honorary doctorate from Washington and Lee University, his alma mater.

Source: Fox News March 09, 2021 23:09 UTC