Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve whose name became synonymous with American monetary policy for an entire generation, died on June 22, 2026. He was 100 years old.
His wife, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell, confirmed that Greenspan died from complications associated with Parkinson’s disease. The two had been married since 1997.
Greenspan served as Fed chair from August 1987 to January 2006, a stretch of nearly 19 years that spanned five presidential administrations. During that time, he became arguably the most influential economic policymaker on the planet.
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He took the helm just two months before the Black Monday crash of October 1987 and navigated the US economy through a period of remarkable expansion.
