Remembering Mike Wallace (1918-2012)

Leonard Bernstein, Mike Wallace FILE - In this Feb. 2, 1980 file photo, co-editor Mike Wallace, left, interviews composer Leonard Bernstein during taping of a part of CBS-TV's "60 Minutes," in New York, in a program set to air four days before a revival of the composer's "West Side Story" that opens on Broadway. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. NO SALES(AP Photo, File)
Obit Mike Wallace FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1984 file photo, CBS-TV Correspondent Mike Wallace, right, and producer George Crile, left, leave U.S. District Court in New York, after attending the trial of a libel suit brought by former Gen. William C. Westmoreland against CBS -TV. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)
Obit Mike Wallace FILE - In this Sept. 13, 1962 file photo, Mike Wallace stands before his son Peter's grave as the casket is lowered at Kamari Village, Peloponnesus, Greece, after Peter Wallace fell to his death in a accident while climbing a steep mountain in Greece. Behind Wallace is his stepson Andrew, and next to him is his son, Chris, 14, with his mother, Norma Leonard, now Mrs. Bill Leonard, and Mrs. Lorraine Wallace. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo, File)
Obit Mike Wallace FILE - In this Feb. 12, 1957 file photo, actor Errol Flynn, left, and television host Mike Wallace are shown before NBC's "The Big Surprise" TV quiz show, in New York. The quiz show is hosted by Mike Wallace. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)
Obit Mike Wallace FILE - This Nov. 3, 2005 file photo provided by Fox TV News shows "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace, left, pointing at his father, Mike Wallace, a CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent, during taping of the television show in New York. Their talk represents the first time father and son had crossed paths professionally in careers that together stretches three-quarters of a century. Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/ Fox News,2MK Studio, File)
Don Hewitt, Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner FILE - This 1968 photo released by CBS shows "60 Minutes" correspondents Harry Reasoner, left, and Mike Wallace, right, with creator and producer Don Hewitt on the set in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/CBS Photo Archive)
Obit Mike Wallace This May 8, 2006 file photo shows Mike Wallace, veteran CBS " 60 Minutes" correspondent, waiting in a hallway near his office to see a colleague in New York, Monday May 8, 2006. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Mike Wallace FILE - This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney This May 12, 2007 photo released by CN8 cable network, CBS' 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace, left, greets colleague Andy Rooney during a reception at the 30th annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards in Boston. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. NO SALES(AP Photo/CN8, Michael Dwyer)
WALLACE WALTERS FILE - In this Feb. 4, 1999 file photo, Barbara Walters and Mike Wallace pose for photographers before the start of a gala for The Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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