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Sylvia Bugg, PBS Programming Chief, Dies at 55

Sylvia Bugg , PBS ‘ chief programming executive and general manager for general audience programming, died “unexpectedly this weekend,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger announced. She was 55.

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Sylvia Bugg , PBS ‘ chief programming executive and general manager for general audience programming, died “unexpectedly this weekend,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger announced. She was 55. “Over decades in public media, including her leadership at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and three chapters of service here at PBS, Sylvia shaped the programming that defines our service to the American people,” Kerger said Sunday. “She brought forward landmark films across history, science and the arts and guided our America @250 slate through a defining year.”

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