Lou Dobbs, a familiar face on CNN and Fox News for four decades has died at the age of 78.
Dobbs had been an anchor, managing editor and executive vice president for CNN, his daily show Moneyline and later Lou Dobbs Tonight was also seen on CNN International for many years.
Lou Dobbs Tonight ended its CNN run in November 2009, when Dobbs left the network, having previously left for a year in 2009, when he founded the astronautical news website Space.com.
In November 2010 he left CNN for the new Fox Business Network, where the Lou Dobbs Tonight brand was revived on the right-leaning news broadcaster.
Dobbs’ use of the presenter’s chair to amplify claims made by former President Donald Trump led to his dismissal from Fox in February 2021. He was one of three hosts named by voting software company Smartmatic in a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News for accusing the company of illegally rigging the election against Trump.
A statement posted on Thursday on his X account by his tea said: “It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of ‘The Great Lou Dobbs’,” the statement read. “Lou was a fighter till the very end – fighting for what mattered to him the most, God, his family and the country.”
