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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

‘60 Minutes’ Creator Don Hewitt Has Died



Pioneering newsman, 86, also produced 1960 JFK-Nixon debate

Don Hewitt, the CBS Newsman who invented “60 Minutes” and produced the popular newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 86.

He died of pancreatic cancer at his Bridgehampton home, CBS said. His death came month after that of fellow CBS legend Walter Cronkite.

Hewitt joined CBS News in television’s infancy in 1948, and produced the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960.

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2 comments:

  1. limo busAugust 20, 2009 at 12:40 AM

    A genius creator of sixty minute has died... Its a great show.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 21, 2009 at 6:15 AM

    60 Minutes is a shill for the democratic party and has been for 30 years.

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