What is Mark Shields?
[[File:Mark Shields 2010 snapshot.jpg|right|200px]] '''Mark Stephen Shields''' (May 25, 1937 – June 18, 2022) was an American political columnist, advisor, and [[Political commentator|commentator]]. He was a commentator for ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' from 1988 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Shields to Step Down as Friday Night Regular on PBS NewsHour|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/press-releases/mark-shields-to-step-down-as-friday-night-regular-on-pbs-newshour|access-date=2020-12-18|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us}}</ref> Shields was also a regular panelist on ''[[Inside Washington]]''. Shields was moderator and panelist on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Capital Gang]]'' for 17 years. Shields was born in [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]]. Shields died on June 18, 2022 at his home in [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]] from [[kidney failure]], aged 85.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/18/1106054812/mark-shields-pbs-newshour-commentator-dies |title=PBS NewsHour commentator Mark Shields dies at age 85 |last=Kim |first=Juliana |date=June 18, 2022 |website=npr.org |publisher=National Public Radio}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Mark}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:American political commentators]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:Writers from Massachusetts]] [[Category:Writers from Washington, D.C.]] {{US-bio-stub}}