Longtime CNN executive producer and election coverage pioneer David Bohrman died Sunday from complications after hip surgery at age 69.

Bohrman created several shows at CNN including State of the Union, Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, MoneyLine News Hour with Lou Dobbs, and NewsNight with Aaron Brown.

During his career, he also worked for CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, and Current TV.

He was known as an innovator, particularly in regard to election coverage. In 2008, he took emerging touchscreen technology and created what became known as the "Magic Wall," an interactive glass wall that could be touched to give up-to-the-minute election results in different locations.

"CNN institution"

The Magic Wall was soon copied by other broadcasts and is widely used today.

“David was a CNN institution, a leader and innovator who mentored many through decades in television news,” a CNN spokesperson said after his death was reported by his family. “His impact at CNN lives on in our programming and his passion for news will be felt in our halls every day.”

Bohrman also came up with the idea of broadcasting live from the floor of political conventions in 2004.

“David was a risk taker who every day wanted to find a better way to tell or show the story," CNN anchor John King said. "His decision to take then just emerging touch-screen technology and integrate [it] into our 2008 election coverage was nothing short of revolutionary. And it wasn’t just cutting edge technology. David turned an old bus into a rolling television studio, bringing our political coverage into every corner of America. He made us better.”

Other career highlights

Bohrman produced CNN's coverage of September 11, 2001, including shots of the towers collapsing that are still used often today.

He also produced coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that followed, including the first-ever live coverage of a battle--the Battle of Umm Qasr.

After many years with CNN, Bohrman left the network in 2011 to become president of Al Gore's Current TV. When that network was sold to Al Jazeera in 2013, he spent his last years freelancing with CBS News, NBC News and MSNBC, focusing on election coverage.

The last election he covered was 2020, and he was reportedly still working as recently as last year.

Bohrman is survived by his wife Catherine, children Amber and Harrison, and his beloved granddaughters Sloan and Paige.