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Aug 20, 2009 · His new wife, Mary Weaver, began to pine for New York, though, and they soon moved back.
Aug 20, 2009 · He and his first wife, Mary Weaver, divorced in 1962. His second marriage, to Frankie Childers, who organized the revival of Ford’s Theatre into a cultural institution, also ended in divorce.
However, his wife Mary Weaver—whom he married while working in Memphis—wanted to go to New York City, so he moved back. Back in New York City, Hewitt started working at the E.W. Scripps Company-owned photo agency ACME Newspictures, which was later merged into co-owned news service United Press. Career at CBS News
Daughter of Zemri Weaver and Mary Elizabeth Rush; wife of the late John Parker Hewitt who died in a fire around 1925; mother of Lizzie Ester, Elbra, Linnie Norma and Coleman Hewitt.
Hewitt finally handed over 60 Minutes, the most profitable program in the history of television, to Jeffrey Fager in June 2004. Father: Ely Wife: Mary Weaver (d. 1960s)
- December 14, 1922
- August 19, 2009
Born December 14, 1922, in New York, NY; son of Ely S. (in advertising sales)and Frieda (maiden name, Pike) Hewitt; married Mary Weaver (deceased); married Frankie Lea Teague Childers (a theatrical producer), June 8, 1963 (divorced, 1974); married Marilyn Berger (a television news correspondent), April 14,1979; children: (first marriage ...
Aug 23, 2009 · Don Hewitt was thrice married. His first wife, Mary Weaver, predeceased him. His second marriage, to Frankie Childers, ended in divorce.
