PHOTOS: Mike Wallace and other famed ’60 Minutes’ broadcasters
Members of television’s ’60 Minutes’ news program gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, November 10, 1993 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the popular show. From left are: Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl, and Executive Producer Don Hewitt.
Mike Wallace, who died Apr. 7, was a fixture in American broadcast journalism for over 35 years. His is a story of interviews with doctors, dictators, generals and artists. He became famous for his willingness to ask the tough questions and be controversial time and again.
Wallace was part of the original line up of reporters on Don Hewitt's "60 Minutes." During his time at "60 Minutes," he worked with fellow CBS correspondents Harry Reasoner, Andy Rooney, Ed Bradley, Morley Safer, Dan Rather, and Diane Sawyer, among many others.
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