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NEW YORK — Mark Haines, co-anchor of CNBC’s morning show “Squawk on the Street” and one of the business-news network’s most recognized faces, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, the network said. He was 65.
CNBC said he died in his home. It did not specify the cause of death.
Haines, who worked at CNBC for 22 years, was the founding anchor of the morning show “Squawk Box.” In 2005, he started co-anchoring “Squawk in the Morning” with Erin Burnett.
“He was a very dear friend and a ferocious and fearless questioner,” Burnett said Wednesday.
CNBC president Mark Hoffman said Haines was “always the unflappable pro.”
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange observed a spontaneous moment of silence Wednesday when they learned of Haines’ death.
