New YorkMike Wallace, the grand inquisitor of CBS's 60 Minutes news show who once declared there was "no such thing as an indiscreet question", has died at the age of 93.
Wallace died on Saturday evening, with his family by his side, at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he spent the past few years, CBS said in a statement and on its morning news broadcast yesterday.
“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,” Leslie Moonves, president and chief executive of CBS Corporation, said in the statement.
Wallace left his full-time role at 60 Minutes in 2006 after 38 years and was given the title correspondent emeritus and a part-time contributor role. His last interview was with Roger Clemens, the baseball pitcher accused of steroid use, in 2008.
Just about anyone who made news during the past six decades – in the US, but often abroad too – had to submit to a grilling by Wallace. In almost 40 years on the investigative journalism programme, he worked on some 800 reports and won 20 Emmys. – (Reuters)