Radio host and former MSNBC anchor Ed Schultz has died. He was 64 years old.

According to RT America—where his show “The News with Ed Schultz” airs on weekday evenings—the pro-labor journalist died from natural causes at his home on Thursday.

“We are devastated by the news of the sudden death of our brilliant anchor, one of the best TV-Journalists in America, Ed Schultz,” said RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.

As RT noted in response to the news:

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In this segment, titled “MSNBC Ordered Ed Schultz Not To Cover Bernie Sanders, Then Fired Him,” from The Young Turks earlier this year, Schultz—though criticized by some for taking a job at RT after his MSNBC departure—can be heard explaining that he faced much more editorial control from higher-ups at the corporate cable outlet than he did at the one owned by the Russian government.

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