Jim Lehrer speaks at the Miller Center of Public Affairs in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2011. (Steven Morgan / Wikimedia Commons)

Jim Lehrer’s longtime colleague and current “NewsHour” anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff announced the news in a release, saying Lehrer died peacefully in his sleep at home.

Jim Lehrer

He’s had a front row seat for 11 presidential and vice-presidential debates, and now the longtime host of the “PBS NewsHour” tells us about his new book, “Tension City.”

Jim Lehrer appears on “Chicago Tonight” on April 26, 2010. (WTTW News)

We speak with the co-founder of “PBS NewsHour,” renowned journalist Jim Lehrer, who has just written his 20th novel, “Super.”