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Fox News host Brenda Buttner dies at age 55

Fox News host Brenda Buttner died at age 55 after a battle with cancer.
Fox News host Brenda Buttner died at age 55 after a battle with cancer. Provided photo

Brenda Buttner, host of Fox News Channel’s “Bulls and Bears,” died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.

Buttner served as CNBC’s Washington correspondent and hosted the network’s “The Money Club” before joining Fox News in 2000.

Buttner graduated from Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Fox News host Neil Cavuto paid tribute to Buttner on Monday on his show “Your World with Neil Cavuto.”

Cavuto praised her intelligence and sense of humor, saying “business journalism is never going to be the same.”

This story was originally published February 21, 2017 at 9:17 AM with the headline "Fox News host Brenda Buttner dies at age 55."

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