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Donald Shepard Hewitt (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.
- American
- New York University (withdrew for military service)
- 1942–2009
- Television producer
Aug 20, 2009 · 45. By Jacques Steinberg. 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...
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.
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Aug 19, 2009 · Dec. 14, 1922. 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....
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. He died of pancreatic cancer at his Bridgehampton home,...
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt, the voluble CBS News executive producer who was the creative force behind 60 Minutes, died Wednesday morning of pancreatic cancer at his home in Bridgehampton, N.Y. He was 86....
Aug 19, 2009 · (CNN) -- Television pioneer and longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," has died, the network said Wednesday. He was 86. Don Hewitt joined CBS News in 1948. Hewitt,...
