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TagsBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
CBS has announced that a special edition of “60 Minutes” will acknowledge the death of Mike Wallace on April 15.
Wallace died peacefully on Saturday, surrounded by his family at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was 93.
CEO and president of CBS Les Moonves said, according to Politico, “His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. His loss will be felt by all of us at CBS.”
The New York Times reported that CBS announced Wallace’s death on “CBS Sunday Morning,” and showed an obituary on “Face the Nation” Sunday morning. “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer, called Wallace “one of the real pioneers in television journalism.”
Reactions to the death of Wallace has been coming in from all over since Saturday. According to an Associated Press report in the Washington Post, former co-worker with Wallace and current “ABC World News” anchor Diane Sawyer said, “Mike’s energy and nerve paced everyone at '60 Minutes.' His was the defining spirit of the show.”
"The news business will be a different place now, and our lives will be forever changed for having known him,” said Nancy Reagan, the former first lady. Correspondent for “60 Minutes” Morley Safer said, “Wallace took to heart the old reporter’s pledge to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Dan Rather said Wallace was “the heart and soul of "60 Minutes."
Wallace’s last appearance on “60 Minutes” came on January 6, 2008, in an interview with accused steroid user Roger Clemens. Wallace interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in August 2006 to win his 21st Emmy Award at age 88.
The network was expected to hold a memorial service for Wallace later in the spring.
