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# Mark Shields, syndicated columnist, political analyst and PBS NewsHour contributor, dies at 85
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/mark-shields-syndicated-columnist-political-analyst-and-pbs-newshour-contributor-dies-at-85/
- Published: 2022-06-20T12:15:16.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-20T12:16:08.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: People, Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:52

**Syndicated columnist, political analyst and PBS NewsHour contributor Mark Shields died Saturday** of kidney failure at the age of 85.

Shields is best known to TV news audiences for his 33-year run as a contributor on the PBS NewsHour, co-hosting the newscast’s Friday night discussion segment from 1987-2020\. He co-hosted the segment with New York Times columnist **David Brooks** from 2001 until his retirement, reports TVNewser.

The Friday night segment, which has showcased liberal and conservative political perspectives since its inception in 1987, previously included **David Gergen**, a CNN senior political analyst and former advisor to four U.S. Presidents, and the Wall Street Journal’s Paul Gigot, in addition to Shields and Brooks. MSNBC’s **Jonathan Capehart** replaced Shields as co-host of the Friday discussion segment in [January of last year.](https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/msnbc-host-jonathan-capehart-joins-pbs-newshour-succeeds-mark-shields-on-friday-discussion-segment/466771/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)

Regular moderators for the weekly segment have included late NewsHour anchor and co-founder **Jim Lehrer** and PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor **Judy Woodruff**.

More [here](https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/legendary-political-columnist-former-pbs-newshour-contributor-mark-shields-dies-at-85/509386/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).