... he's not dead, but his nightly news anchor position is. Its official, Lester Holt will be NBCs nightly news anchor, and if it matters to some, the first black news anchor. (Some day that stuff wont matter).
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/17/media/brian-williams-nbc/
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/17/media/brian-williams-nbc/