'60 Minutes' correspondent was known for his hard-hitting interview style.
By Gil Kaufman
Mike Wallace
Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images
Veteran TV reporter and longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace died on Saturday at the age of 93. Over 50 years as a journalist Wallace developed a reputation as a dogged interrogator unafraid to ask his subjects hard, uncomfortable questions, which he often set up with the soft-touch phrase, "forgive me."
Wallace, who was one of the founding hosts of pioneering TV news magazine "60 Minutes," retired in 2006, occasionally returning to the show to do interviews with the likes of Mitt Romney and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He underwent triple bypass heart surgery in 2008 and died after what was described as a long illness in New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday.
"All of us at CBS News and particularly at '60 Minutes' owe so much to Mike," said Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and...
By Gil Kaufman
Mike Wallace
Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images
Veteran TV reporter and longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace died on Saturday at the age of 93. Over 50 years as a journalist Wallace developed a reputation as a dogged interrogator unafraid to ask his subjects hard, uncomfortable questions, which he often set up with the soft-touch phrase, "forgive me."
Wallace, who was one of the founding hosts of pioneering TV news magazine "60 Minutes," retired in 2006, occasionally returning to the show to do interviews with the likes of Mitt Romney and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He underwent triple bypass heart surgery in 2008 and died after what was described as a long illness in New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday.
"All of us at CBS News and particularly at '60 Minutes' owe so much to Mike," said Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and...
- 4/9/2012
- MTV Music News
Veteran U.S. newsman Mike Wallace has died, aged 93.
The tough 60 Minutes regular passed away at a care centre in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Wallace interviewed the most famous people and leaders around the world in a television career which spanned over 50 years.
He won a stack of awards for his hard-hitting interviews with people including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Malcolm X.
After a successful triple bypass operation early in January 2008, he retired from public life.
Wallace made his national TV debut in America with The Mike Wallace Interview in 1957 after a series of hit local news shows in the New York area, where he became known as a tough newsman who asked the difficult questions of public figures.
He was picked to front 60 Minutes when the weekly CBS news programme debuted in September, 1968. After a slow start, the show became a hit among critics and when it switched to its regular Sunday night spot in 1977 it quickly became one of the most-watched shows in America.
Paying tribute to Wallace on Sunday, CBS network boss Leslie Moonves said, "It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence."...
The tough 60 Minutes regular passed away at a care centre in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Wallace interviewed the most famous people and leaders around the world in a television career which spanned over 50 years.
He won a stack of awards for his hard-hitting interviews with people including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Malcolm X.
After a successful triple bypass operation early in January 2008, he retired from public life.
Wallace made his national TV debut in America with The Mike Wallace Interview in 1957 after a series of hit local news shows in the New York area, where he became known as a tough newsman who asked the difficult questions of public figures.
He was picked to front 60 Minutes when the weekly CBS news programme debuted in September, 1968. After a slow start, the show became a hit among critics and when it switched to its regular Sunday night spot in 1977 it quickly became one of the most-watched shows in America.
Paying tribute to Wallace on Sunday, CBS network boss Leslie Moonves said, "It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence."...
- 4/8/2012
- WENN
CBS News announced that it will air a special program next Sunday, April 15 dedicated to 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace, who passed away on Saturday, April 7, at the age of 93.
“It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. His loss will be felt by all of us at CBS,” Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corporation, says in the statement.
Read the entire statement from CBS News below:
“60 Minutes” Icon Mike Wallace Dies At 93
CBS News legend Mike Wallace,...
“It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. His loss will be felt by all of us at CBS,” Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corporation, says in the statement.
Read the entire statement from CBS News below:
“60 Minutes” Icon Mike Wallace Dies At 93
CBS News legend Mike Wallace,...
- 4/8/2012
- by Nuzhat Naoreen
- EW - Inside TV
When Mike Wallace joined 60 Minutes at its inception in 1968, he was already 50 years old with a large backlog of experience in broadcasting. In the subsequent years, Wallace was responsible for some of the most dogged interviewing on television, refusing to back down from anyone, whether it was a world leader or pop star in the hot seat, and amassing a small army of Emmy Awards. To honor the man and his legacy, here are a few of Wallace’s many great interviews with people who have shaped the world over the last half-century.
A (relatively) young Wallace interviews television pioneer...
A (relatively) young Wallace interviews television pioneer...
- 4/8/2012
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW.com - PopWatch
"CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make 60 Minutes the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died," reports the AP. He was 93. "His late colleague Harry Reasoner once said, 'There is one thing that Mike can do better than anybody else: With an angelic smile, he can ask a question that would get anyone else smashed in the face.' … Wallace himself became a dramatic character in several projects, from the stage version of Frost/Nixon, when he was played by Stephen Rowe, to the 1999 film The Insider, based in part on a 1995 60 Minutes story about tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, who accused Brown & Williamson of intentionally adding nicotine to cigarettes. Christopher Plummer starred as Wallace and Russell Crowe as Wigand. Wallace was unhappy with the film,...
- 4/8/2012
- MUBI
Chicago – TV news icons don’t come much bigger than Mike Wallace, the legendary CBS News reporter and fixture for decades on the network’s hit “60 Minutes.” CBS just reported on their morning news program on April 8, 2012 that he has passed away at the age of 93. Details on his death are minimal at this point but his influence will be felt for many years to come.
Mike Wallace was a reporter on the original cast of “60 Minutes” when it debuted in 1968 and appeared on the program for nearly 40 years. After serving in World War II, he worked in radio in the ’40s and ’50s before hosting a number of game shows. He transitioned to news with interview programs in New York in the ’50s and starred on “The Mike Wallace Interview” on ABC in 1957. He even hosted the CBS Morning News in the mid-’60s before joining the program that would redefine TV news — “60 Minutes.
Mike Wallace was a reporter on the original cast of “60 Minutes” when it debuted in 1968 and appeared on the program for nearly 40 years. After serving in World War II, he worked in radio in the ’40s and ’50s before hosting a number of game shows. He transitioned to news with interview programs in New York in the ’50s and starred on “The Mike Wallace Interview” on ABC in 1957. He even hosted the CBS Morning News in the mid-’60s before joining the program that would redefine TV news — “60 Minutes.
- 4/8/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – HollywoodChicago.com has never heaped as much praise on one series of releases as the season sets for one of the best shows of all time — “The Twilight Zone”. Did you really think we would change our tune with the fifth and final season of this amazingly-influential program? Of course not. Complete your collection.
Blu-ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Airing from Fall 1963 to Spring 1964, the fifth season of “The Twilight Zone” was the last of this amazing show. You can now own all 156 episodes plus Days of special features in five of the best TV-on-Blu-ray sets that have ever been produced. And, while the fourth season was a bit of a dip in quality (the show couldn’t quite survive the stretch to an hour long), the fifth marked a return to form. Some of your favorite episodes in the history of “The Twilight Zone” are in this set. Notable episodes include “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,...
Blu-ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Airing from Fall 1963 to Spring 1964, the fifth season of “The Twilight Zone” was the last of this amazing show. You can now own all 156 episodes plus Days of special features in five of the best TV-on-Blu-ray sets that have ever been produced. And, while the fourth season was a bit of a dip in quality (the show couldn’t quite survive the stretch to an hour long), the fifth marked a return to form. Some of your favorite episodes in the history of “The Twilight Zone” are in this set. Notable episodes include “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,...
- 9/7/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Twilight Zone - Season 5 (Blu-Ray) Just released from Sue Procko Public Relations: It’s time to enter the fifth season of the fifth dimension when The Twilight Zone: Season 5 comes to Blu-ray™ on August 30, 2011. All 36 episodes from the groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy series’ final season are here, remastered and presented in pristine 1080p high-definition and uncompressed Pcm audio. In addition, the 5-disc set includes hours of entertaining bonus features specially created for this Blu-ray™ release, as well as the bonus features from the Definitive Collection DVD release. Srp is $99.98, and pre-book is August 2.
Submitted for your approval, is the wildest and (dare we say) weirdest season of Rod Serling’s iconic series, containing such memorable episodes as "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," "A Kind of a Stopwatch," "Living Doll" and the Oscar® nominated short film "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." This season also rolls out some great guest stars including Bill Mumy,...
Submitted for your approval, is the wildest and (dare we say) weirdest season of Rod Serling’s iconic series, containing such memorable episodes as "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," "A Kind of a Stopwatch," "Living Doll" and the Oscar® nominated short film "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." This season also rolls out some great guest stars including Bill Mumy,...
- 5/28/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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