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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kevin E G Perry

Jean Rather, artist and wife of former CBS anchor Dan Rather, dies aged 89 after cancer battle

Jean Rather and Dan Rather attending the ‘Rather’ documentary premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival - (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

Jean Rather, an artist and wife of the longtime CBS news anchor Dan Rather, has died. She was 89.

The news was announced by her family in a statement posted on social media. “Today is the saddest of days for Dan and the extended Rather family,” it began.

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