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Nov 13, 2017 · Don Hewitt: Hall of Fame Tribute. “I’ve gotten older and wiser,” says Don Hewitt, the creator of 60 Minutes and its executive producer since the top-rated news program made its debut in 1968. “I’m a little more settled, a little more staid, and a little more respectable. If I behaved the way I did when I was younger and more audacious ...
Aug 22, 2009 · When Don Hewitt, the longtime producer of 60 Minutes, died this week at the age of 86, I remembered the time we were both invited to a conference organized by a journalism foundation to explore ...
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt, creator of CBS News' groundbreaking "60 Minutes" program and one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in U.S. television journalism, died of pancreatic cancer on Wednesday ...
Aug 20, 2009 · CBS News producer Don Hewitt died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 86. The creator of 60 Minutes got his start with the network in 1948. Hewitt worked with Edward R. Murrow, produced ...
Aug 19, 2009 · 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 ...
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt joined CBS News in 1948. Hewitt, who had been battling pancreatic cancer, died at his home in Bridgehampton, New York, surrounded by his family, CBS said.
In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Don Hewitt (1922-2009) speaks about the beginnings of broadcast journalism. He recalls the days of Douglas Edwards with the News. He discusses his role in the Kennedy-Nixon Debates of 1960, and how CBS news covered the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. Hewitt further reflects on the profound influence of Fred Friendly, Edward R. Murrow and William ...
