4/10/2012

A FAREWELL TO MIKE WALLACE


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I remember Mike Wallace.  He was a visiting journalist at GW University in the late 60's and one of his lectures before a combined audience of students was on investigating reporting.  I left there with the words that promoted an energy for my interest in journalism when he said, "All governments are corrupt.  There's a 60 minute type story in almost every agency".  He was right.  Thanks Mike for that memory.  Godspeed.

Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. During his career, which spanned over sixty years, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers.

He was one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008. Wallace died on April 7, 2012 in the New Canaan, Conn., care facility where he had lived the last few years of his life. He was 93.

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