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Aug 21, 2009 · Hewitt's Success Secret 11:54. Don Hewitt was a television impresario who changed the way viewers saw the news. But viewers rarely saw Don, until he pulled back the curtain at 60 Minutes a decade ...
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Apr 9, 2001 · For more than 50 years, Don Hewitt has been a part of the best in television news. He has collaborated with Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly, Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace and Dan Rather.
Aug 20, 2009 · Don Hewitt, the CBS News executive who created "60 Minutes," transformed television journalism by showing that news programs could generate money and helped make TV an essential part of politics...
Aug 20, 2009 · “60 Minutes” was the brainchild of Don Hewitt, the show’s longtime executive producer, who died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Bridgehampton, N.Y., at age 86. Advertisement
Don Hewitt was born on 14 December 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for 60 Minutes (1968), Who's Who (1977) and Douglas Edwards with the News (1948). He was married to Marilyn Berger, Frankie Hewitt and Mary Weaver.
Donald Shepard Hewitt was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968, which at the time of his death was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated as the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it ...
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt wasn't just a giant in the world of TV news. He was a founding father of television, with his hand still in the game well into the Internet age. Aug. 19, 2009, 8:41 PM UTC / Source ...
