Gwen Ifill (1955-2016)

Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill...  was an American Peabody Award-winning journalist, television newscaster, and author. She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 American vice-presidential debates.

Dead way too early at age 61 of endometrial cancer.  She was a brilliant and remarkably well-informed lady who represented the best of broadcast journalism.