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Don Hewitt. Donald Shepard Hewitt [1] (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009) 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. [2]
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt was a pioneer of television news and the executive producer of 60 Minutes, the most successful news magazine in history. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 at the age of 86, after a career spanning over 60 years at CBS.
Aug 20, 2009 · Aug. 19, 2009. Don Hewitt, who changed the course of broadcast news by creating the television magazine “60 Minutes,” fusing journalism and show business as never before, and who then presided ...
Aug 20, 2009 · The show with the iconic ticking stopwatch launched the TV newsmagazine genre and later became a Sunday evening ritual for millions of viewers. “60 Minutes” was the brainchild of Don Hewitt ...
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Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt had a passion for stories "It is a sad and difficult time for all of us who work at '60 Minutes,' " Jeff Fager, the program's current executive producer, said in a CBS statement.
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt, a TV news pioneer who created "60 Minutes" and produced the popular CBS newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 86.
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Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt is born in New York City. 1942. Hewitt begins his journalism career as head copyboy for the New York Herald Tribune, after attending New York University for one year. Joins Merchant ...
